Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems

The interplay of stress and mowing disturbance for the intensity and importance of plant interactions in dry calcareous grasslands

(2012) Jean-Paul Maalouf et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

(2012) F. T. Maestre et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and spatial self-organization of semi-arid communities through plant–plant co-occurrence networks

(2011) H. Saiz et al.   Ecological Complexity

Indirect facilitation promotes macrophyte survival and growth in freshwater ecosystems threatened by eutrophication

(2011) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

From protégé to nurse plant: establishment of thorny shrubs in grazed temperate woodlands

(2011) Christian Smit et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Release from competition and protection determine the outcome of plant interactions along a grazing gradient

(2011) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   OIKOS

Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework

(2011) Santiago Soliveres et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

A conceptual framework for understanding semi-arid land degradation: ecohydrological interactions across multiple-space and time scales

(2010) L. Turnbull et al.   Ecohydrology

Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes? Comment

(2010) S. Kéfi et al.   ECOLOGY

Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes? Reply

(2010) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY

Robust scaling in ecosystems and the meltdown of patch size distributions before extinction

(2010) Sonia Kéfi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited

(2010) Milena Holmgren et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Crossing gradients of consumer pressure and physical stress on shallow rocky reefs: a test of the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2010) Fabio Bulleri et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Temporal dynamics of herbivory and water availability interactively modulate the outcome of a grass-shrub interaction in a semi-arid ecosystem

(2010) Santiago Soliveres et al.   OIKOS

What does the stress-gradient hypothesis predict? Resolving the discrepancies

(2010) Dan Malkinson et al.   OIKOS

Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in abiotic factors modulate multiple ontogenetic shifts between competition and facilitation

(2010) S. Soliveres et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Is the patch size distribution of vegetation a suitable indicator of desertification processes?

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY

Facilitation in the conceptual melting pot

(2009) Rob W. Brooker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Inclusion of biotic stress (consumer pressure) alters predictions from the stress gradient hypothesis

(2009) Christian Smit et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

(2009) Marten Scheffer et al.   NATURE

Interaction intensity and importance along two stress gradients: adding shape to the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2009) Peter Christiaan le Roux et al.   OECOLOGIA

Does disturbance drive the collapse of biotic interactions at the severe end of a diversity–biomass gradient?

(2009) Estelle Forey et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The Nested Assembly of Plant Facilitation Networks Prevents Species Extinctions

(2008) Miguel Verdú et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Is Shade Beneficial for Mediterranean Shrubs Experiencing Periods of Extreme Drought and Late-winter Frosts?

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

(2008) Rob W. Brooker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Grazing intensity influences the strength of an associational refuge on temperate reefs

(2008) Stuart Levenbach   OECOLOGIA

Comparing Direct Abiotic Amelioration and Facilitation as Tools for Restoration of Semiarid Grasslands

(2008) Yolanda Pueyo et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY