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In a tropical forest, we asked: (1) What environmental gradients are associated with variation in community functional composition and diversity? (2) How does explicitly accounting for spatial structure influence inference about these environmental effects? and (3) To what extent can the observed trait\u2013environment relationships be explained by environmentally structured species turnover (i.e., changes in species composition along environmental gradients)?<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Location<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 30\u2010ha Mo Singto old\u2010growth tropical forest dynamics plot in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We applied a spatially explicit hierarchical Bayesian modeling (INLA\u2010SPDE) framework to data from 135,000 woody plants, measuring eight functional traits and 24 environmental variables covering topography, soil nutrients, and canopy structure. The model estimates environmental effects while accounting for spatial autocorrelation in trait distributions. We further used null model tests to evaluate question (3).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Spatially explicit models identified topographic water availability (TWI) as the main environmental gradient associated with community\u2010level trait patterns, aligning functional composition along the trade\u2010off between acquisitive and conservative resource\u2010use strategies. Inferences for several environmental variables changed substantially after accounting for spatial autocorrelation. Null model analyses indicated that most trait\u2013environment relationships in the Mo Singto forest plot were consistent with environmentally structured species turnover, with only limited evidence for additional trait\u2013environment associations, as shown by tree height.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results indicate that when traits are represented at the species level, smaller\u2010scale community\u2010weighted mean (CWM) patterns are primarily explained by species replacement along environmental gradients. Our study also demonstrates that high\u2010resolution, fully stem\u2010mapped forest plots provide strong power to detect environmental signals and reveal spatially structured patterns in community functional composition. By combining spatially explicit models with null model inference, we show that robust interpretation of CWM trait\u2013environment relationships requires jointly accounting for spatial structure and species turnover, which provides a clear framework for understanding how environmental gradients shape community functional patterns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jvs.70169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,21]],"date-time":"2026-08-21T07:56:52Z","timestamp":1787299012000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Spatial Regulation of Trait\u2013Environment Interactions Shapes Plant Community Functional Patterns in a Tropical Forest"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8562-8790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rajapandian","family":"Kanagaraj","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment Kasetsart University  Bangkok Thailand"},{"name":"Department of Ecological Modelling Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research\u2013UFZ  Leipzig Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8649-1984","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Warren Y.","family":"Brockelman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Biobank of Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency  Pathum Thani Thailand"},{"name":"Institute of Molecular Biosciences Mahidol University Salaya  Nakhon Pathom Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3721-2248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thorsten","family":"Wiegand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecological Modelling Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research\u2013UFZ  Leipzig Germany"},{"name":"German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle\u2010Jena\u2010Leipzig  Leipzig Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anuttara","family":"Nathalang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Biobank of Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency  Pathum Thani Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4444-8240","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jie","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences  Kunming China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nitin K.","family":"Tripathi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information &amp; Communication Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Asian Institute of Technology  Pathum Thani Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wirong","family":"Chanthorn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment Kasetsart University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41559\u2010022\u201001747\u20106"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469\u20108137.2010.03475.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wics.1443"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1744\u20107429.2010.00712.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.geoderma.2017.06.016"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.adk9616"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1940179"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","volume-title":"Mo Singto Forest Dynamics Plot: Flora and Ecology","author":"Brockelman W. 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