Despite mounting empirical evidence regarding the positive effects of forest structural diversity (STR_DIV) on forest functioning, the underlying biotic mechanisms and controlling abiotic factors remain poorly understood. This study provides the first assessment of the interactive effects of STR_DIV and diversity in species and functional traits on aboveground biomass (AGB) in natural forests in West and East Africa.

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选择效应和互补效应支撑了结构多样性对热带森林地上生物量的影响

_{尽管越来越多的经验证据表明森林结构多样性（STR DIV} ）对森林功能的积极影响，但其潜在的生物机制和控制非生物因素仍然知之甚少。本研究首次评估了 STR _DIV与物种多样性和功能性状对西非和东非天然林地上生物量 (AGB) 的相互作用影响。