Big-trees – Energy mechanism underlies forest diversity and aboveground biomass

The macro-ecological mechanisms underlying species diversity and productivity are not mutually exclusive, but our understanding is limited to the climatic variation in species richness and productivity along ecogeographical gradients. Yet, the ecogeographical gradients in a few large-diameter trees are not clearly tested on the linkage amongst forest diversity-structure attributes and aboveground biomass in natural forests. Here, we hypothesized...