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Abstract. The function of Olneya tesota (ironwood) as a nurse plant and habitat modifier species in the Sonoran Desert was evaluated at five study sites (using 75 250-m2 sample plots) from Bahia Kino, Sonora to Organ Pipe Cactus National... more
In the Sonoran Desert, the sahuaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) is commonly associated with canopies of trees and shrubs: so-called nurse plants. Although mechanisms by which nurse plants facilitate sahuaro establishment have been studied,... more
In the nurse plant syndrome, or nurse association, seedlings (beneficiaries) are associated with adult shrubs/trees (benefactors). This phenomenon has been documented in several regions of the planet. Abiotic stress amelioration (one... more
Plants alter environmental conditions enhancing the recruitment of other species. In spite of prior reviews of facilitation, the variability of its occurrence, mechanisms, and specificity across terrestrial ecosystems has not yet been... more
The last lowland locality ofGentiana verna in the Czech Republic is a calcareous grassland near Rovná at Strakonice in South Bohemia. This locality was the subject of a recovery programme that included support of the remaining population... more
Background : Intraspecific functional variability (IFV) along altitudinal gradients is a powerful proxy to infer the responses of plants to abrupt environmental changes. We envisage that IFV shows distinctive patterns in tropical and... more
Sphagnum dominated peatlands do not rehabilitate well after being cutover (mined) for peat and some action needs to be taken in order to restore these sites within a human generation. Peatland restoration is recent and has seen... more
We studied the conditions that permit the shrub, Cordia multispicata, to establish in Amazon pastures and the potential role of this shrub as a ‘succession facilitator’ near the town of Paragominas, Pará State, Brazil. Local disturbances... more