Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China Yuanzhi Li ( 李远智 ), Junli Xiao ( 肖俊丽 ), Yuan Jiang ( 江园 ) & Chengjin Chu ( 储诚进 ) Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama Stuart Joseph Wright, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Sean M. McMahon & Jessica Shue School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Margaret M. Mayfield Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain Oscar Godoy Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA Alfonso Alonso Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Norman A. Bourg & William McShea Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Jennifer Baltzer Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joseph D. Birch & Fangliang He ( 何芳良 ) IPHAMETRA, Herbier National du Gabon, Libreville, Gabon Pulchérie Bissiengou National Biobank of Thailand, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathum Thani, Thailand Warren Brockelman & Anuttara Nathalang School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK David F. R. P. …