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      Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world’s natural forests 

      Madrigal González, Jaime; Calatayud, Joaquín; Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan A.; Escudero, Adrián; Cayuela, Luis; Marqués, Laura; Rueda, Marta; Ruiz Benito, Paloma; Herrero Méndez, Asier; Aponte, Cristina; Sagardia, Rodrigo; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Dupire, Sylvain; Espinosa, Carlos I.; Tutubalina, Olga V.; Myint, Moe; Pataro, Luciano; López Sáez, Jerome; Macía, Manuel J.; Abegg, Meinrad; Zavala, Miguel A.; Quesada Román, Adolfo; Vega Araya, Mauricio; Golubeva, Elena; Timokhina, Yuliya; Bañares de Dios, Guillermo; Granzow de la Cerda, Iñigo; Stoffel, Markus (Nature, 2023-01)
      Previous attempts to quantify tree abundance at global scale have largely neglected the role of local competition in modulating the influence of climate and soils on tree density. Here, we evaluated whether mean tree size ...