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Science 22 May 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5930, p. 1015
DOI: 10.1126/science.1169885
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Technical Comments

Response to Comment on "Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest"

Nathan J. B. Kraft* and David D. Ackerly

Lake and Ostling address several issues that they suggest could influence our analyses of tropical forest community assembly. Some of the issues have already been considered, whereas others appear to arise from misunderstandings. We offer clarification of our analyses and additional discussion of our results.

Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nkraft{at}berkeley.edu

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