Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude

Affiliations

School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, United States; Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, 666303, China; Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Menglun, Yunnan, 666303, China; Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam; Forestry and Environment Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Selangor, 52109, Malaysia; Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada; Bell Museum and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, United States; School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China; Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510520, China; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, 97401, Taiwan; State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China; Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan; Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, 430074, China; Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka; Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines; Institute of Arts and Sciences, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines; Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, Ceske Budejovice, 370 05, Czech Republic; New Guinea Binatang Research Center, PO Box 604, Madang, Papua New Guinea; BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 113 Science Park, Klongluang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China; Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China; Center for Tropical Forest Science, Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States; Center for Tropical Forest Science, Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama; Agroforestry Centre, East and Southern Africa Region, 13 Elm Road, Woodlands, Lusaka, Zambia