Although the biogeography of plant communities has been well studied, mechanisms controlling plant community diversity are still poorly understood. Stochastic and deterministic processes are hotly debated as being key in structuring communities across taxa. Here we ask, to what extent are plant communities on termite mounds shaped by either stochastic or deterministic processes within and between regions on the African continent?

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在非洲区域范围内，白蚁丘的植被格局很大程度上是由随机驱动的，而不是由确定性的过程驱动的：荟萃分析

尽管已经对植物群落的生物地理学进行了深入研究，但控制植物群落多样性的机制仍知之甚少。随机和确定性过程被认为是在整个分类单元中构建社区的关键。在这里，我们要问，非洲大陆区域内和区域之间的随机或确定性过程对白蚁丘上的植物群落形成何种程度的影响？