Johanna Andrea Martínez-Villa1,2, Sebastián González-Caro1 and Álvaro Duque1*
* Correspondence: ajduque@unal.edu.co; ajduque09@gmail.com
1 Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. sede Medellín, Cra. 65 #59a-110, Medellín, Colombia
Abstract
Background: Species turnover (β-diversity) along elevational gradients is one of the most important concepts in plant ecology. However, there is a lack of consensus about the main driving mechanisms of tree β-diversity at local scales in very diverse ecosystems (e.g.,
