@article{fdi:010090741,
  title = {{T}he unexpected influence of legacy conspecific density dependence},
  author = {{M}agee, {L}. {J}. and {L}a{M}anna, {J}. {A}. and {W}olf, {A}. {T}. and {H}owe, {R}. {W}. and {L}u, {Y}. {M}. and {V}alle, {D}. and {S}mith, {D}. {J}. {B}. and {B}agchi, {R}. and {B}auman, {D}avid and {J}ohnson, {D}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}hen plants die, neighbours escape competition. {L}iving conspecifics could disproportionately benefit because they are freed from negative intraspecific processes; however, if the negative effects of past conspecific neighbours persist, other species might be advantaged, and diversity might be maintained through legacy effects. {W}e examined legacy effects in a mapped forest by modelling the survival of 37,212 trees of 23 species using four neighbourhood properties: living conspecific, living heterospecific, legacy conspecific (dead conspecifics) and legacy heterospecific densities. {L}egacy conspecific effects proved nearly four times stronger than living conspecific effects; changes in annual survival associated with legacy conspecific density were 1.5% greater than living conspecific effects. {O}ver 90% of species were negatively impacted by legacy conspecific density, compared to 47% by living conspecific density. {O}ur results emphasize that legacies of trees alter community dynamics, revealing that prior research may have underestimated the strength of density dependent interactions by not considering legacy effects. {T}he presence of dead conspecific neighbours significantly decreased tree survival. {N}egative legacy conspecific effects proved nearly four times stronger than living conspecific density effects. {T}he legacies of past trees alter community dynamics, and past work may have underestimated the strength of density dependence by not considering legacy effects.image},
  keywords = {ecological memory ; forest dynamics plot ; long-term dynamics ; neighbourhood effects ; species coexistence},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cology {L}etters},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {e14449 [11 p.]},
  ISSN = {1461-023{X}},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1111/ele.14449},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090741},
}