In: Oecologia, 2007, vol. 152, no. 2, p. 265-273
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In: Plant Ecology, 2007, vol. 188, no. 2, p. 253-264
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In: Basic and Applied Ecology, 2009, vol. 10, no. 5, p. 427-436
Facilitation of tree regeneration by nurse shrubs that offer protection against large herbivores is an important driver of wood-pasture dynamics. Here we asked whether the response to facilitation by nurse shrubs depends on the grazing resistance of the protégé saplings. We experimentally tested the protective effects of the thorny Rosa rubiginosa on browsing frequency, survival, and biomass...
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In: Oecologia, 2007, vol. 152, no. 2, p. 265-273
Current conceptual models predict that an increase in stress shifts interactions between plants from competitive to facilitative; hence, facilitation is expected to gain in ecological importance with increasing stress. Little is known about how facilitative interactions between plants change with increasing biotic stress, such as that incurred by consumer pressure or herbivory (i.e....
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