Decoupling environmental suitability from realized recruitment through ontogenetic environmental filtering in a long-lived Mediterranean palm species
Long-lived plants facing anthropogenic disturbance often exhibit recruitment failure despite persistent reproductive adults, generating extinction debt masked by longevity. However, whether adult presence reliably reflects environmental suitability for recruitment remains unclear. Here, we examine ontogenetic niche differentiation and its consequences for recruitment in Jubaea chilensis, an…
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