Liza Comita, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Liza Comita, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Liza Comita and colleagues discovered that rare plant species are much more sensitive to the presence of neighbors of their own species than seedlings of common plant species, which may be the key to understanding tropical biodiversity.

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Christian Ziegler

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