Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

تمرين 7

Does the Janzen-Connell hypothesis for diversity maintenance in tropical rain forests imply that mortality in small trees should be density dependent? Describe an experimental design (including the time frame required) that would allow you to test this hypothesis Read Hyatt et al. (2003) and discuss whether their data are sufficient to reject the lanzen-Connell model for most forest systems.