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Soil properties drive a negative correlation between species diversity and genetic diversity in a tropical seasonal rainforest.
Scientific reports - 10 Feb 2016
Xu Wumei, Liu Lu, He Tianhua, Cao Min, Sha Liqing, Hu Yuehua, Li Qiaoming, Li Jie
Abstract excerpt
A negative species-genetic diversity correlation (SGDC) could be predicted by the niche variation hypothesis, whereby an increase in species diversity within community reduces the genetic diversity of the co-occurring species because of the reduction in average niche breadth; alternatively, competition could reduce effective population size and therefore genetic diversity of the species within community. We...
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