@inbook {617,
	title = {Spatial changes in tree composition of high-diversity forests: How much is predictable?},
	booktitle = {Tropical rainforests: Past, present, and future},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005},
	pages = {271-294},
	publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
	organization = {University of Chicago Press},
	address = {Chicago and London},
	author = {Condit, Richard G. and Aguilar, Salomon and Hernandez, Andres and Perez, Rolando and Lao, Suzanne and Pyke, Christopher R.},
	editor = {Bermingham, Eldredge and Dick, Christopher W. and Moritz, Craig}
}
@inbook {356,
	title = {Spatial changes in tree composition of high-diversity forests: How much is predictable?},
	booktitle = {Tropical rainforests: Past, present, and future},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {271-294},
	publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
	organization = {University of Chicago Press},
	address = {Chicago and London},
	author = {Condit, Richard G. and Aguilar, Salomon and Hernandez, Andres and Perez, Rolando and Lao, Suzanne and Pyke, Christopher R.},
	editor = {Bermingham, Eldredge and Dick, Christopher W. and Moritz, Craig}
}
@article {493,
	title = {Floristic composition across a climatic gradient in a neotropical lowland forest},
	journal = {Journal of Vegetation Science},
	volume = {12},
	number = {4},
	year = {2001},
	pages = {553-566},
	abstract = {<p>This study deals with the floristic composition of lowland tropical forest in the watershed of the Panama Canal. The floristic composition of large trees in 54 forest plots was analysed with respect to environmental factors, including precipitation, geologic parent material, stand age, topography, and soils. The plots contain 824 species of trees with a diameter at breast height greater than or equal to10 cm and represent a regional flora with exceptional beta-diversity. Plot data indicate that the Panamanian forest is strongly spatially structured at the landscape scale with floristic similarity decreasing rapidly as a function of inter-plot geographic distance, especially for distances \&lt;5 km. The ordinations and patterns of endemism across the study area indicate broad floristic associations well correlated with Holdridge life zones. The results indicate the positive aspects of life zone classification at regional scales, while simultaneously highlighting its inadequacy for finer scales of analysis and resource management. Multivariate gradient analysis techniques (Non-metric Multidimensional Distance Scaling and Detrended Correspondence Analysis) show clear patterns of floristic variability correlated with regional precipitation trends, surficial geology, and local soil attributes. Geologic and edaphic conditions, such as acidic soils or excessively drained limestone substrates, appear to override the effects of precipitation and modify forest composition. We conclude that the Panamanian forest shows clear patterns of spatial organization along environmental gradients, predominantly precipitation. The rapid decline in floristic similarity with distance between stands also suggests a role for dispersal limitation and stochastic events.</p>
},
	keywords = {General and Systematic{\textendash}Floristics and Distribution) Spermatophytes Vascular Plants Climatic Gradient Environmental Factors Floristic Composition Neotropical Lowland Forest Regional Flora, Spermatophyta (Ecology Environmental Biology{\textendash}General Methods) (Ecology Environmental Biology{\textendash}Bioclimatology and Biometeorology) (Ecology Environmental Biology{\textendash}Plant) (Botany},
	author = {Pyke, Christopher R. and Condit, Richard and Aguilar, Salomon and Lao, Suzanne}
}
