{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(5)"],"submitter":["Wang Q"],"pubmed_abstract":["The stochastic dilution hypothesis has been proposed to explain species coexistence in species-rich communities. The relative importance of the stochastic dilution effects with respect to other effects such as competition and habitat filtering required to be tested. In this study, using data from a 25-ha species-rich subtropical forest plot with a strong topographic structure at Badagongshan in central China, we analyzed overall species associations and fine-scale species interactions between 2,550 species pairs. The result showed that: (1) the proportion of segregation in overall species association analysis at 2 m neighborhood in this plot followed the prediction of the stochastic dilution hypothesis that segregations should decrease with species richness but that at 10 m neighborhood wa"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e97300"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4019537"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Species associations in a species-rich subtropical forest were not well-explained by stochastic geometry of biodiversity."],"pmcid":["PMC4019537"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu H","Qiao X","Wang Q","Zhang K","Guo Y","Lu J","Lu Z","Huang H","Bao D","Jiang M","Meng H","Xu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Species associations in a species-rich subtropical forest were not well-explained by stochastic geometry of biodiversity.","description":"The stochastic dilution hypothesis has been proposed to explain species coexistence in species-rich communities. The relative importance of the stochastic dilution effects with respect to other effects such as competition and habitat filtering required to be tested. In this study, using data from a 25-ha species-rich subtropical forest plot with a strong topographic structure at Badagongshan in central China, we analyzed overall species associations and fine-scale species interactions between 2,550 species pairs. The result showed that: (1) the proportion of segregation in overall species association analysis at 2 m neighborhood in this plot followed the prediction of the stochastic dilution hypothesis that segregations should decrease with species richness but that at 10 m neighborhood wa","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014","modification":"2025-04-04T22:38:56.272Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:24:47Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4019537","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24824996"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0097300"]}}