Search Results - "I-Fang Sun"

An attribute-diversity approach to functional diversity, functional beta diversity, and related (dis)similarity measures by Chao, Anne, Chiu, Chun-Huo, Villéger, Sébastien, Sun, I-Fang, Thorn, Simon, Lin, Yi-Ching, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Sherwin, William B.

“…Based on the framework of attribute diversity (a generalization of Hill numbers of order q), we develop a class of functional diversity measures sensitive not…”
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Partitioning beta diversity in a subtropical broad-leaved forest of China by Legendre, Pierre, Mi, Xiangcheng, Ren, Haibao, Ma, Keping, Yu, Mingjian, Sun, I-Fang, He, Fangliang

“…The classical environmental control model assumes that species distribution is determined by the spatial variation of underlying habitat conditions. This…”
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Cross-boundary subsidy cascades from oil palm degrade distant tropical forests by Luskin, Matthew Scott, Brashares, Justin S., Ickes, Kalan, Sun, I-Fang, Fletcher, Christine, Wright, S. Joseph, Potts, Matthew D.

“…Native species that forage in farmland may increase their local abundances thereby affecting adjacent ecosystems within their landscape. We used two decades of…”
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Variation in biotic interactions mediates the effects of masting and rainfall fluctuations on seedling demography in a subtropical rainforest by Martini, Francesco, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Sun, I‐Fang

“…Seedling dynamics are critical for determining community composition and future forest structure. Two mechanisms are crucial drivers of seedling vital rates:…”
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Closing the life cycle of forest trees: The difficult dynamics of seedling‐to‐sapling transitions in a subtropical rainforest by Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Needham, Jessica, Lu, Chia‐Ling, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Sun, I‐Fang, McMahon, Sean M.

“…Experimental and observational studies on seedling dynamics posit mechanisms that can influence forest diversity, structure and function. However, high…”
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Individual tree damage dominates mortality risk factors across six tropical forests by Zuleta, Daniel, Arellano, Gabriel, Muller‐Landau, Helene C., McMahon, Sean M., Aguilar, Salomón, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Cárdenas, Dairon, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Duque, Alvaro, Mitre, David, Nasardin, Musalmah, Pérez, Rolando, Sun, I‐Fang, Yao, Tze Leong, Davies, Stuart J.

“…Summary The relative importance of tree mortality risk factors remains unknown, especially in diverse tropical forests where species may vary widely in their…”
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Species-specific flowering cues among general flowering Shorea species at the Pasoh Research Forest, Malaysia by Chen, Yu-Yun, Satake, Akiko, Sun, I-Fang, Kosugi, Yoshiko, Tani, Makoto, Numata, Shinya, Hubbell, Stephen P., Fletcher, Christine, Supardi, Md. Noor Nur, Wright, S. Joseph

“…1. In a unique phenomenon restricted to the ever wet forests of Southeast Asia, hundreds of species from dozens of plant families reproduce synchronously at…”
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Damage to living trees contributes to almost half of the biomass losses in tropical forests by Zuleta, Daniel, Arellano, Gabriel, McMahon, Sean M., Aguilar, Salomón, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Castaño, Nicolas, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Duque, Alvaro, Mitre, David, Nasardin, Musalmah, Pérez, Rolando, Sun, I‐Fang, Yao, Tze Leong, Valencia, Renato, Krishna Moorthy, Sruthi M., Verbeeck, Hans, Davies, Stuart J.

“…Accurate estimates of forest biomass stocks and fluxes are needed to quantify global carbon budgets and assess the response of forests to climate change…”
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Linking functional traits and demographic rates in a subtropical tree community: the importance of size dependency by Iida, Yoshiko, Kohyama, Takashi S, Swenson, Nathan G, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Chen, Chien‐Teh, Chiang, Jyh‐Min, Sun, I‐Fang, Zuidema, Pieter

“…An important goal in plant community ecology is to understand how species traits determine demographic performance. Several functional traits have been shown…”
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Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest by Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chiang, Po‐Hui, Wright, S. Joseph, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Sun, I‐Fang

“…Plants have evolved mechanisms to track seasonal variation in environmental resources, enabling them to time key life‐history events to appropriate seasons…”
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Functional composition drives ecosystem function through multiple mechanisms in a broadleaved subtropical forest by Chiang, Jyh-Min, Spasojevic, Marko J., Muller-Landau, Helene C., Sun, I-Fang, Lin, Yiching, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Chen, Zueng-Sang, Chen, Chien-Teh, Swenson, Nathan G., McEwan, Ryan W.

“…Understanding the role of biodiversity (B) in maintaining ecosystem function (EF) is a foundational scientific goal with applications for resource management…”
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The variation of tree beta diversity across a global network of forest plots by De Cáceres, Miquel, Legendre, Pierre, Valencia, Renato, Cao, Min, Chang, Li-Wan, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Hao, Zhanqing, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen, Kenfack, David, Ma, Keping, Mi, Xiangcheng, Supardi Noor, Md. Nur, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Ren, Haibao, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Sun, I-Fang, Thomas, Duncan, Ye, Wanhui, He, Fangliang

“…Aims: With the aim of understanding why some of the world's forests exhibit higher tree beta diversity values than others, we asked: (1) what is the…”
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Network science applied to forest megaplots: tropical tree species coexist in small-world networks by Schmid, Julia Sabine, Taubert, Franziska, Wiegand, Thorsten, Sun, I-Fang, Huth, Andreas

“…Network analysis is an important tool to analyze the structure of complex systems such as tropical forests. Here, we infer spatial proximity networks in…”
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Seedling survival simultaneously determined by conspecific, heterospecific, and phylogenetically related neighbors and habitat heterogeneity in a subtropical forest in Taiwan by Huang, Teng‐He, Huang, Chun‐Lin, Lin, Yi‐Ching, Sun, I‐Fang

“…Density dependence and habitat heterogeneity have been recognized as important driving mechanisms that shape the patterns of seedling survival and promote…”
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Long-term changes in liana loads and tree dynamics in a Malaysian forest by Wright, S. Joseph, Sun, I-Fang, Pickering, Maria, Fletcher, Christine D, Chen, Yu-Yun

“…The importance of lianas through time and their effect on tree reproduction are evaluated for the first time in a Southeast Asian Dipterocarp forest. We…”
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Multi‐stemming and size enhance survival of dominant tree species in a frequently typhoon‐disturbed forest by Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Guan, Biing T., Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Sun, I‐Fang, Wang, Hsiang‐Hua, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Woods, Kerry

“…Questions Quantifying tree species persistence through recurrent disturbances is of crucial importance for understanding forest dynamics in typhoon‐prone…”
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Point patterns of tree distribution determined by habitat heterogeneity and dispersal limitation by Lin, Yi-Ching, Chang, Li-Wan, Yang, Kuoh-Cheng, Wang, Hsiang-Hua, Sun, I-Fang

“…Understanding processes underlying spatial distribution of tree species is fundamental to studying species coexistence and diversity. This study modeled point…”
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Trait-mediated effects of environmental filtering on tree community dynamics by Lasky, Jesse R., Sun, I-Fang, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Chen, Zueng-Sang, Keitt, Timothy H.

“…1. Individual performance is a function of an individual's traits and its environment. This function, known as an environmental filter, varies in space and…”
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The role of functional uniqueness and spatial aggregation in explaining rarity in trees by Umaña, María Natalia, Mi, Xiangcheng, Cao, Min, Enquist, Brian J., Hao, Zhanqing, Howe, Robert, lida, Yoshiko, Johnson, Daniel, Lin, Luxiang, Liu, Xiaojuan, Ma, Keping, Sun, I-Fang, Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Wang, Xugao, Wolf, Amy, Yang, Jie, Zimmerman, Jess K., Swenson, Nathan G.

“…Aim: Determining the drivers of species rarity is fundamental for understanding and conserving biodiversity. Rarity of a given species within its community may…”
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Spatial distributions of tree species in a subtropical forest of China by Li, Lin, Huang, Zhongliang, Ye, Wanhui, Cao, Honglin, Wei, Shiguang, Wang, Zhigao, Lian, Juyu, Sun, I-Fang, Ma, Keping, He, Fangliang

“…The spatial dispersion of individuals in a species is an important pattern that is controlled by many mechanisms. In this study we analyzed spatial…”
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