Abstract Beta (β)‐diversity, or site‐to‐site variation in species composition, generally
decreases with increasing latitude, and the underlying processes driving this pattern have …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community
ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological …

Although tropical rain forests represent the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on the
planet, the three main rain forest regions (Neotropics, South-East Asia and continental …

Beta diversity can be measured in different ways. Among these, the total variance of the
community data table Y can be used as an estimate of beta diversity. We show how the total …

Site‐to‐site variation in species composition (β‐diversity) generally increases from low‐to
high‐diversity regions. Although biogeographical differences in community assembly …

The 50‐ha long‐term forest plot on Barro Colorado Island in Panama was 'ground zero'for
the development of ecology's 'neutral theory'and comparisons with its 'niche …

Both habitat filtering and dispersal limitation influence the compositional structure of forest
communities, but previous studies examining the relative contributions of these processes …

Tropical forests shelter an unparalleled biological diversity. The relative influence of
environmental selection (ie, abiotic conditions, biotic interactions) and stochastic–distance …

Aim The pattern of increasing biological diversity from high latitudes to the equator
[latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG)] has been recognized for> 200 years. Empirical studies …