The proportion of tree species with more, and more diverse neighbors is greater near the equator. This is a map of the tree crowns in the long-term forest study site (ForestGEO site) at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama. (IMAGE)

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The proportion of tree species with more, and more diverse neighbors is greater near the equator. This is a map of the tree crowns in the long-term forest study site (ForestGEO site) at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama.

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The proportion of tree species with more, and more diverse neighbors is greater near the equator. This is a map of the tree crowns in the long-term forest study site (ForestGEO site) at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama.

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https://striresearch.si.edu/quantitative-forest-ecology/products-datasets/ Vasquez, V., Cushman, K., Ramos, P., Williamson, C., Villareal, P., Gomez Correa, L. F., & Muller-Landau, H. (2023). Barro Colorado Island 50-ha plot crown maps: manually segmented and instance segmented. (Version 2). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/data.24784053

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