@article{8763083,
  abstract     = {{The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most recognized global patterns of species richness exhibited across a wide range of taxa. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed in the past two centuries to explain LDG, but rigorous tests of the drivers of LDGs have been limited by a lack of high-quality global species richness data. Here we produce a high-resolution (0.025 degrees x 0.025 degrees) map of local tree species richness using a global forest inventory database with individual tree information and local biophysical characteristics from similar to 1.3 million sample plots. We then quantify drivers of local tree species richness patterns across latitudes. Generally, annual mean temperature was a dominant predictor of tree species richness, which is most consistent with the metabolic theory of biodiversity (MTB). However, MTB underestimated LDG in the tropics, where high species richness was also moderated by topographic, soil and anthropogenic factors operating at local scales. Given that local landscape variables operate synergistically with bioclimatic factors in shaping the global LDG pattern, we suggest that MTB be extended to account for co-limitation by subordinate drivers.}},
  author       = {{Liang, Jingjing and Gamarra, Javier G. P. and Picard, Nicolas and Zhou, Mo and Pijanowski, Bryan and Jacobs, Douglass F. and Reich, Peter B. and Crowther, Thomas W. and Nabuurs, Gert-Jan and de-Miguel, Sergio and Fang, Jingyun and Woodall, Christopher W. and Svenning, Jens-Christian and Jucker, Tommaso and Bastin, Jean-Francois and Wiser, Susan K. and Slik, Ferry and Hérault, Bruno and Alberti, Giorgio and Keppel, Gunnar and Hengeveld, Geerten M. and Ibisch, Pierre L. and Silva, Carlos A. and ter Steege, Hans and Peri, Pablo L. and Coomes, David A. and Searle, Eric B. and von Gadow, Klaus and Jaroszewicz, Bogdan and Abbasi, Akane O. and Abegg, Meinrad and Yao, Yves C. Adou and Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús and Zambrano, Angelica M. Almeyda and Altman, Jan and Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban and Álvarez-González, Juan Gabriel and Alves, Luciana F. and Amani, Bienvenu H. K. and Amani, Christian A. and Ammer, Christian and Ilondea, Bhely Angoboy and Antón-Fernández, Clara and Avitabile, Valerio and Aymard, Gerardo A. and Azihou, Akomian F. and Baard, Johan A. and Baker, Timothy R. and Balazy, Radomir and Bastian, Meredith L. and Batumike, Rodrigue and Bauters, Marijn and Beeckman, Hans and Benu, Nithanel Mikael Hendrik and Bitariho, Robert and Boeckx, Pascal and Bogaert, Jan and Bongers, Frans and Bouriaud, Olivier and Brancalion, Pedro H. S. and Brandl, Susanne and Brearley, Francis Q. and Briseno-Reyes, Jaime and Broadbent, Eben N. and Bruelheide, Helge and Bulte, Erwin and Catlin, Ann Christine and Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto and César, Ricardo G. and Chen, Han Y. H. and Chisholm, Chelsea and Cienciala, Emil and Colletta, Gabriel D. and Corral-Rivas, José Javier and Cuchietti, Anibal and Cuni-Sanchez, Aida and Dar, Javid A. and Dayanandan, Selvadurai and de Haulleville, Thales and Decuyper, Mathieu and Delabye, Sylvain and Derroire, Géraldine and DeVries, Ben and Diisi, John and Do, Tran Van and Dolezal, Jiri and Dourdain, Aurélie and Durrheim, Graham P. and Obiang, Nestor Laurier Engone and Ewango, Corneille E. N. and Eyre, Teresa J. and Fayle, Tom M. and Feunang, Lethicia Flavine N. and Finér, Leena and Fischer, Markus and Fridman, Jonas and Frizzera, Lorenzo and de Gasper, André L. and Gianelle, Damiano and Glick, Henry B. and Gonzalez-Elizondo, Maria Socorro and Gorenstein, Lev and Habonayo, Richard and Hardy, Olivier J. and Harris, David J. and Hector, Andrew and Hemp, Andreas and Herold, Martin and Hillers, Annika and Hubau, Wannes and Ibanez, Thomas and Imai, Nobuo and Imani, Gerard and Jagodzinski, Andrzej M. and Janecek, Stepan and Johannsen, Vivian Kvist and Joly, Carlos A. and Jumbam, Blaise and Kabelong, Banoho L. P. R. and Kahsay, Goytom Abraha and Karminov, Viktor and Kartawinata, Kuswata and Kassi, Justin N. and Kearsley, Elizabeth and Kennard, Deborah K. and Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian and Khan, Mohammed Latif and Kigomo, John N. and Kim, Hyun Seok and Klauberg, Carine and Klomberg, Yannick and Korjus, Henn and Kothandaraman, Subashree and Kraxner, Florian and Kumar, Amit and Kuswandi, Relawan and Lang, Mait and Lawes, Michael J. and Leite, Rodrigo V. and Lentner, Geoffrey and Lewis, Simon L. and Libalah, Moses B. and Lisingo, Janvier and López-Serrano, Pablito Marcelo and Lu, Huicui and Lukina, Natalia V. and Lykke, Anne Mette and Maicher, Vincent and Maitner, Brian S. and Marcon, Eric and Marshall, Andrew R. and Martin, Emanuel H. and Martynenko, Olga and Mbayu, Faustin M. and Mbuvi, Musingo T. E. and Meave, Jorge A. and Merow, Cory and Miscicki, Stanislaw and Moreno, Vanessa S. and Morera, Albert and Mukul, Sharif A. and Müller, Jörg C. and Murdjoko, Agustinus and Nava-Miranda, Maria Guadalupe and Ndive, Litonga Elias and Neldner, Victor J. and Nevenic, Radovan V. and Nforbelie, Louis N. and Ngoh, Michael L. and N’Guessan, Anny E. and Ngugi, Michael R. and Ngute, Alain S. K. and Njila, Emile Narcisse N. and Nyako, Melanie C. and Ochuodho, Thomas O. and Oleksyn, Jacek and Paquette, Alain and Parfenova, Elena I. and Park, Minjee and Parren, Marc and Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy and Pfautsch, Sebastian and Phillips, Oliver L. and Piedade, Maria T. F. and Piotto, Daniel and Pollastrini, Martina and Poorter, Lourens and Poulsen, John R. and Poulsen, Axel Dalberg and Pretzsch, Hans and Rodeghiero, Mirco and Rolim, Samir G. and Rovero, Francesco and Rutishauser, Ervan and Sagheb-Talebi, Khosro and Saikia, Purabi and Sainge, Moses Nsanyi and Salas-Eljatib, Christian and Salis, Antonello and Schall, Peter and Schepaschenko, Dmitry and Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael and Schmid, Bernhard and Schöngart, Jochen and Šebeň, Vladimír and Sellan, Giacomo and Selvi, Federico and Serra-Diaz, Josep M. and Sheil, Douglas and Shvidenko, Anatoly Z. and Sist, Plinio and Souza, Alexandre F. and Stereńczak, Krzysztof J. and Sullivan, Martin J. P. and Sundarapandian, Somaiah and Svoboda, Miroslav and Swaine, Mike D. and Targhetta, Natalia and Tchebakova, Nadja and Trethowan, Liam A. and Tropek, Robert and Mukendi, John Tshibamba and Umunay, Peter Mbanda and Usoltsev, Vladimir A. and Vaglio Laurin, Gaia and Valentini, Riccardo and Valladares, Fernando and van der Plas, Fons and Vega-Nieva, Daniel José and Verbeeck, Hans and Viana, Helder and Vibrans, Alexander C. and Vieira, Simone A. and Vleminckx, Jason and Waite, Catherine E. and Wang, Hua-Feng and Wasingya, Eric Katembo and Wekesa, Chemuku and Westerlund, Bertil and Wittmann, Florian and Wortel, Verginia and Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, Tomasz and Zhang, Chunyu and Zhao, Xiuhai and Zhu, Jun and Zhu, Xiao and Zhu, Zhi-Xin and Zo-Bi, Irie C. and Hui, Cang}},
  issn         = {{2397-334X}},
  journal      = {{NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION}},
  keywords     = {{SPECIES-RICHNESS,TROPICAL FORESTS,METABOLIC THEORY,SCALE,BIODIVERSITY,PATTERNS,ABUNDANCE,ENERGY}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{1423--1437}},
  title        = {{Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01831-x}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}

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