The intermediate disturbance hypothesis applies to tropical forests, but disturbance contributes little to tree diversity

Agriculture & Biology

• forest damage 90%
• tropical forests 67%
• tropical rain forests 50%
• tropical dry forests 27%
• pioneer species 27%
• dry forests 26%
• shade 19%
• species richness 18%
• species diversity 16%
• ecosystems 16%
• testing 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• intermediate disturbance hypothesis 100%
• tropical forest 64%
• disturbance 44%
• dry forest 31%
• pioneer species 17%
• functional response 16%
• tropical rain forest 16%
• species diversity 12%
• species richness 11%
• ecosystem 7%
• test 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Forests 76%
• Rainforest 20%
• Ecosystem 14%
• Datasets 10%
• Maintenance 9%