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1234162) for support of some of the data presented here. We also thank the National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) working group on “Remotely Sensing
Biodiversity,” the Keck Institute for Space Studies working group “Unlocking a New Era in
Biodiversity Science,” and the NSF Research Coordination Network “Biodiversity Across Scales”
(DEB 1745562).
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123:1387–1405
Barber CB, Dobkin DP, Huhdanpaa H (1996) The quickhull algorithm for convex hulls. ACM
Trans Math Softw 22(4):469–483
Baselga A (2010) Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity: partitioning beta diversity. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 19:134–143
Bradshaw A (1965) Evolutionary significance of phenotypic plasticity in plants. Adv Genet
13:115–155
Bryant JA, Lamanna C, Morlon H, Kerkhoff AJ, Enquist BJ, Green JL (2008) Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci
105:11505–11511
Cadotte MW, Cardinale BJ, Oakley TH (2008) Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity
on plant productivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci 105:17012–17017
Cadotte MW, Cavender-Bares J, Tilman D, Oakley TH (2009) Using phylogenetic, functional
and trait diversity to understand patterns of plant community productivity. PLoS One 4:e5695
Cadotte MW, Dinnage R, Tilman D (2012) Phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem stability.
Ecology 93:S223–S233
Cardinale BJ (2011) Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning. Nature
472:86–89
Cardoso P, Rigal F, Carvalho JC, Fortelius M, Borges PAV, Podani J, Schmera D (2014) Partitioning
taxon, phylogenetic and functional beta diversity into replacement and richness difference
components. J Biogeogr 41:749–761
Castagneyrol B, Jactel H, Vacher C, Brockerhoff EG, Koricheva J (2014) Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization. J Appl Ecol 51:134–141
Cavender-Bares J, Ackerly DD, Baum DA, Bazzaz FA (2004) Phylogenetic overdispersion in
Floridian oak communities. Am Nat 163:823–843
Cavender-Bares J, Keen A, Miles B (2006) Phylogenetic structure of floridian plant communities
depends on taxonomic and spatial scale. Ecology 87:S109–S122
Cavender-Bares J, Kozak KH, Fine PVA, Kembel SW (2009) The merging of community ecology
and phylogenetic biology. Ecol Lett 12:693–715
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1234162) for support of some of the data presented here. We also thank the National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) working group on “Remotely Sensing
Biodiversity,” the Keck Institute for Space Studies working group “Unlocking a New Era in
Biodiversity Science,” and the NSF Research Coordination Network “Biodiversity Across Scales”
(DEB 1745562).
References
Ackerly DD (2003) Community assembly, niche conservatism and adaptive evolution in changing
environments. Int J Plant Sci 164:S165 –S184
Adler PB, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Hillebrand H, Hautier Y, Hector A, Harpole WS, O’Halloran
LR, Grace JB, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman LA, Brown CS, Buckley YM, Calabrese
LB, Chu C-J, Cleland EE, Collins SL, Cottingham KL, Crawley MJ, Damschen EI, Davies
KF, DeCrappeo NM, Fay PA, Firn J, Frater P, Gasarch EI, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Hille Ris
Lambers J, Humphries H, Jin VL, Kay AD, Kirkman KP, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ,
Lambrinos JG, Li W, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Melbourne BA, Mitchell CE, Moore JL,
Morgan JW, Mortensen B, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Pyke DA, Risch AC, Schuetz M, Smith MD,
Stevens CJ, Sullivan LL, Wang G, Wragg PD, Wright JP, Yang LH (2011) Productivity is a poor
predictor of plant species richness. Science 333:1750–1753
Atkins JW, Fahey RT, Hardiman BS, Gough CM (2018) Forest canopy structural complexity and light absorption relationships at the subcontinental scale. J Geophys Res Biogeosci
123:1387–1405
Barber CB, Dobkin DP, Huhdanpaa H (1996) The quickhull algorithm for convex hulls. ACM
Trans Math Softw 22(4):469–483
Baselga A (2010) Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity: partitioning beta diversity. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 19:134–143
Bradshaw A (1965) Evolutionary significance of phenotypic plasticity in plants. Adv Genet
13:115–155
Bryant JA, Lamanna C, Morlon H, Kerkhoff AJ, Enquist BJ, Green JL (2008) Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci
105:11505–11511
Cadotte MW, Cardinale BJ, Oakley TH (2008) Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity
on plant productivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci 105:17012–17017
Cadotte MW, Cavender-Bares J, Tilman D, Oakley TH (2009) Using phylogenetic, functional
and trait diversity to understand patterns of plant community productivity. PLoS One 4:e5695
Cadotte MW, Dinnage R, Tilman D (2012) Phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem stability.
Ecology 93:S223–S233
Cardinale BJ (2011) Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning. Nature
472:86–89
Cardoso P, Rigal F, Carvalho JC, Fortelius M, Borges PAV, Podani J, Schmera D (2014) Partitioning
taxon, phylogenetic and functional beta diversity into replacement and richness difference
components. J Biogeogr 41:749–761
Castagneyrol B, Jactel H, Vacher C, Brockerhoff EG, Koricheva J (2014) Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization. J Appl Ecol 51:134–141
Cavender-Bares J, Ackerly DD, Baum DA, Bazzaz FA (2004) Phylogenetic overdispersion in
Floridian oak communities. Am Nat 163:823–843
Cavender-Bares J, Keen A, Miles B (2006) Phylogenetic structure of floridian plant communities
depends on taxonomic and spatial scale. Ecology 87:S109–S122
Cavender-Bares J, Kozak KH, Fine PVA, Kembel SW (2009) The merging of community ecology
and phylogenetic biology. Ecol Lett 12:693–715
J. Cavender-Bares et al.