Search Results - "Nimal Gunatilleke, I. A. U"

Effects of topography on structuring local species assemblages in a Sri Lankan mixed dipterocarp forest by Punchi-Manage, Ruwan, Getzin, Stephan, Wiegand, Thorsten, Kanagaraj, Rajapandian, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Wiegand, Kerstin, Huth, Andreas

“…1. One of the primary goals in community ecology is to determine the relative importance of processes and mechanisms that control biodiversity. Here, we…”
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Temporal variability of forest communities: empirical estimates of population change in 4000 tree species by Chisholm, Ryan A, Condit, Richard, Rahman, K. Abd, Baker, Patrick J, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chen, Yu‐Yun, Chuyong, George, Dattaraja, H. S, Davies, Stuart, Ewango, Corneille E. N, Gunatilleke, C. V. S, Nimal Gunatilleke, I. A. U, Hubbell, Stephen, Kenfack, David, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, Lin, Yiching, Makana, Jean‐Remy, Pongpattananurak, Nantachai, Pulla, Sandeep, Punchi‐Manage, Ruwan, Sukumar, Raman, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, H. S, Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan, Yap, Sandra, He, Fangliang

“…Long‐term surveys of entire communities of species are needed to measure fluctuations in natural populations and elucidate the mechanisms driving population…”
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Spatial patterns reveal negative density dependence and habitat associations in tropical trees by Bagchi, Robert, Henrys, Peter A, Brown, Patrick E, Burslem, David F. R. P, Diggle, Peter J, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Law, Richard, Noor, Supardi, Valencia, Renato L

“…Understanding how plant species coexist in tropical rainforests is one of the biggest challenges in community ecology. One prominent hypothesis suggests that…”
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Neighborhood diversity of large trees shows independent species patterns in a mixed dipterocarp forest in Sri Lanka by Punchi-Manage, Ruwan, Wiegand, Kerstin, Wiegand, Thorsten, Getzin, Stephan, Huth, Andreas, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri

“…Interactions among neighboring individuals influence plant performance and should create spatial patterns in local community structure. In order to assess the…”
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Effect of spatial processes and topography on structuring species assemblages in a Sri Lankan dipterocarp forest by Punchi-Manage, Ruwan, Wiegand, Thorsten, Wiegand, Kerstin, Getzin, Stephan, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal

“…Niche and neutral theories emphasize different processes that contribute to the maintenance of species diversity and should leave different spatial structures…”
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How individual species structure diversity in tropical forests by Wiegand, Thorsten, Gunatilleke, C.V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I.A.U. Nimal, Huth, Andreas

“…A persistent challenge in ecology is to explain the high diversity of tree species in tropical forests. Although the role of species characteristics in…”
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The interspecific growth–mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structure by Russo, Sabrina E., McMahon, Sean M., Detto, Matteo, Ledder, Glenn, Wright, S. Joseph, Condit, Richard S., Davies, Stuart J., Ashton, Peter S., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fletcher, Christine, Foster, Robin B., Gunatilleke, C. V. Savi, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hart, Terese, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Itoh, Akira, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Leong, Yao Tze, Lin, Yi Ching, Makana, Jean-Remy, Mohamad, Mohizah Bt, Ong, Perry, Sugiyama, Anna, Sun, I-Fang, Tan, Sylvester, Thompson, Jill, Yamakura, Takuo, Yap, Sandra L., Zimmerman, Jess K.

“…Resource allocation within trees is a zero-sum game. Unavoidable trade-offs dictate that allocation to growth-promoting functions curtails other functions,…”
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Persistence of Neighborhood Demographic Influences over Long Phylogenetic Distances May Help Drive Post-Speciation Adaptation in Tropical Forests by Wills, Christopher, Harms, Kyle E, Wiegand, Thorsten, Punchi-Manage, Ruwan, Gilbert, Gregory S, Erickson, David, Kress, W John, Hubbell, Stephen P, Gunatilleke, C V Savitri, Gunatilleke, I A U Nimal

“…Studies of forest dynamics plots (FDPs) have revealed a variety of negative density-dependent (NDD) demographic interactions, especially among conspecific…”
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Correction: Persistence of Neighborhood Demographic Influences over Long Phylogenetic Distances May Help Drive Post-Speciation Adaptation in Tropical Forests by Wills, Christopher, Harms, Kyle E, Wiegand, Thorsten, Punchi-Manage, Ruwan, Gilbert, Gregory S, Erickson, David, Kress, W John, Hubbell, Stephen P, Gunatilleke, C V Savitri, Gunatilleke, I A U Nimal

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156913.]…”
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Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude by Sreekar, Rachakonda, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Nakamura, Akihiro, Corlett, Richard T., Slik, J. W. Ferry, Fletcher, Christine, He, Fangliang, Weiblen, George D., Shen, Guochun, Xu, Han, Sun, I-Fang, Cao, Ke, Ma, Keping, Chang, Li-Wan, Cao, Min, Jiang, Mingxi, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Ong, Perry, Yap, Sandra, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Novotny, Vojtech, Brockelman, Warren Y., Xiang, Wusheng, Mi, Xiangcheng, Li, Xiankun, Wang, Xihua, Qiao, Xiujuan, Li, Yide, Tan, Sylvester, Condit, Richard, Harrison, Rhett D., Koh, Lian Pin

“…The relationship between β-diversity and latitude still remains to be a core question in ecology because of the lack of consensus between studies. One…”
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Testing the independent species’ arrangement assertion made by theories of stochastic geometry of biodiversity by Wiegand, Thorsten, Huth, Andreas, Getzin, Stephan, Wang, Xugao, Hao, Zhanqing, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal

“…The assertion that the spatial location of different species is independent of each other is fundamental in major ecological theories such as neutral theory…”
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Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient by Fung, Tak, Chisholm, Ryan A., Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chitra‐Tarak, Rutuja, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Davies, Stuart J., Ewango, Corneille E. N., Fewless, Gary, Fletcher, Christine, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hao, Zhanqing, Hogan, J. Aaron, Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Kenfack, David, Lin, YiChing, Ma, Keping, Makana, Jean‐Remy, McMahon, Sean, McShea, William J., Mi, Xiangcheng, Nathalang, Anuttara, Ong, Perry S., Parker, Geoffrey, Rau, E‐Ping, Shue, Jessica, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, Hebbalalu S., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan, Thompson, Jill, Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha I., Wang, Xugao, Wang, Yunquan, Wijekoon, Pushpa, Wolf, Amy, Yap, Sandra, Zimmerman, Jess, Shoemaker, Lauren

“…Among the local processes that determine species diversity in ecological communities, fluctuation‐dependent mechanisms that are mediated by temporal…”
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Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale" by LaManna, Joseph A, Mangan, Scott A, Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A, Brockelman, Warren Y, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B, Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J, Furniss, Tucker J, Giardina, Christian P, Gunatilleke, I A U Nimal, Gunatilleke, C V Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W, Hubbell, Stephen P, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M, Janík, David, Johnson, Daniel J, Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J, Lutz, James A, McMahon, Sean M, McShea, William J, Memiaghe, Hervé R, Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry S, Orwig, David A, Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey G, Phillips, Richard P, Sack, Lawren, Sun, I-Fang, Tello, J Sebastián, Thomas, Duncan W, Turner, Benjamin L, Vela Díaz, Dilys M, Vrška, Tomáš, Weiblen, George D, Wolf, Amy, Yap, Sandra, Myers, Jonathan A

“…Chisholm and Fung claim that our method of estimating conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) in recruitment is systematically biased, and present an…”
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Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale" by LaManna, Joseph A, Mangan, Scott A, Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A, Brockelman, Warren Y, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B, Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J, Furniss, Tucker J, Giardina, Christian P, Gunatilleke, I A U Nimal, Gunatilleke, C V Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W, Hubbell, Stephen P, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M, Janík, David, Johnson, Daniel J, Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J, Lutz, James A, McMahon, Sean M, McShea, William J, Memiaghe, Hervé R, Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry S, Orwig, David A, Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey G, Phillips, Richard P, Sack, Lawren, Sun, I-Fang, Tello, J Sebastián, Thomas, Duncan W, Turner, Benjamin L, Vela Díaz, Dilys M, Vrška, Tomáš, Weiblen, George D, Wolf, Amy, Yap, Sandra, Myers, Jonathan A

“…Hülsmann and Hartig suggest that ecological mechanisms other than specialized natural enemies or intraspecific competition contribute to our estimates of…”
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Impacts of cardamom cultivation on montane forest ecosystems in Sri Lanka by Dhakal, Balram, Pinard, Michelle A., Gunatilleke, I.A.U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C.V. Savitri, Weerasinghe, H.M.S.P. Madawala, Dharmaparakrama, A.L.S., Burslem, David F.R.P.

“…► We investigated the effects of cardamom cultivation on high conservation value montane rain forests in central Sri Lanka. ► The density of trees, saplings…”
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The effects of selective logging on inbreeding in Shorea megistophylla (Dipterocarpaceae) from Sri Lanka by Murawski, D.A. (University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.), Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N, Bawa, K.S

“…The mating system of Shorea megistophylla, an endemic canopy tree from Sri Lanka, was quantified by allozyme analysis of progeny arrays using a mixed-mating…”
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Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale by LaManna, Joseph A., Mangan, Scott A., Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norman A., Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Chang, Li-Wan, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chuyong, George B., Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Davies, Stuart J., Furniss, Tucker J., Giardina, Christian P., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert W., Hubbell, Stephen P., Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Janík, David, Johnson, Daniel J., Kenfack, David, Korte, Lisa, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J., Lutz, James A., McMahon, Sean M., McShea, William J., Memiaghe, Hervé R., Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry S., Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey G., Phillips, Richard P., Sack, Lawren, Sun, I-Fang, Tello, J. Sebastián, Thomas, Duncan W., Turner, Benjamin L., Díaz, Dilys M. Vela, Vrška, Tomáš, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Yap, Sandra, Myers, Jonathan A.

“…Theory predicts that higher biodiversity in the tropics is maintained by specialized interactions among plants and their natural enemies that result in…”
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Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America by Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei‐Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman‐Narahari, Faith M., Jansen, Patrick A., Johnson, Daniel J., Kong, Lee Sing, Král, Kamil, Ku, Chen‐Chia, Lai, Jiangshan, Larson, Andrew J., Li, Xiankun, Li, Yide, Lin, Luxiang, Lin, YiChing, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn K. Y., Lutz, James A., Ma, Keping, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean, McShea, William, Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Michael, Myers, Jonathan A., Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry, Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey, Phillips, Richard P., Abd. Rahman, Kassim, Sack, Lawren, Sang, Weiguo, Shen, Guochun, Shringi, Ankur, Shue, Jessica, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, H. S., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Sean C., Toko, Pagi S., Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha I., Vicentini, Alberto, Vrška, Tomáš, Wang, Bin, Wang, Xihua, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Xu, Han, Yap, Sandra, Zhu, Li, Fung, Tak, Chen, Han

“…Symbiotic nitrogen (N)‐fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and…”
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Effects of topography on structuring local species assemblages in a S ri L ankan mixed dipterocarp forest by Punchi‐Manage, Ruwan, Getzin, Stephan, Wiegand, Thorsten, Kanagaraj, Rajapandian, Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V., Nimal Gunatilleke, I. A. U., Wiegand, Kerstin, Huth, Andreas

“…Summary One of the primary goals in community ecology is to determine the relative importance of processes and mechanisms that control biodiversity. Here, we…”
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Strategies for restoring tree seedling recruitment in high conservation value tropical montane forests underplanted with cardamom by Dhakal, Balram, Pinard, Michelle A, Gunatilleke, I.A.U. Nimal, Gunatilleke, C.V. Savitri, Burslem, David F.R.P, Hermy, Martin

“…QUESTION: What strategies are most appropriate for restoring tree seedling recruitment whilst avoiding the spread of invasive plant species in high…”
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