Species-specific traits determine shrub-annual interactions during a growing season

Extreme stresses, niches, and positive species interactions along stress gradients

(2014) Qiang He et al.   ECOLOGY

Seasonality and facilitation drive tree establishment in a semi-arid floodplain savanna

(2014) Megan K. Good et al.   OECOLOGIA

Simultaneous, independent, and additive effects of shrub facilitation and understory competition on the survival of a native forb (Penstemon palmeri)

(2014) Jesse M. Poulos et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Soil moisture correlates with shrub–grass association in the Chihuahuan Desert

(2013) Giora J. Kidron et al.   CATENA

Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2013) Justin Dohn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of root competition and soils on seedling establishment at the ecotone between an arid grassland and succulent shrubland in South Africa

(2013) Ndafuda N. Shiponeni et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Intensity and temporal variability as components of stress gradients: implications for the balance between competition and facilitation

(2013) Fabio Bulleri et al.   OIKOS

Testing the importance of plant strategies on facilitation using congeners in a coastal community

(2012) Qiang He et al.   ECOLOGY

Facilitation by tussock-forming species on seedling establishment collapses in an extreme drought year in a post-minedSphagnumpeatland

(2012) Asuka Koyama et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The importance of facilitation in the zonation of shrubs along a coastal salinity gradient

(2011) Qiang He et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The effect of hydraulic lift on organic matter decomposition, soil nitrogen cycling, and nitrogen acquisition by a grass species

(2011) Cristina Armas et al.   OECOLOGIA

Non-linear effects of drought under shade: reconciling physiological and ecological models in plant communities

(2011) Milena Holmgren et al.   OECOLOGIA

Importance versus intensity of ecological effects: why context matters

(2011) Zaal Kikvidze et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The response of sap flow in shrubs to rainfall pulses in the desert region of China

(2010) Wenzhi Zhao et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Leaf litter and understory canopy shade limit the establishment, growth and reproduction of Microstegium vimineum

(2010) Jonathon W. Schramm et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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

Ecological Facilitation May Drive Major Evolutionary Transitions

(2009) Zaal Kikvidze et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Positive interactions can increase size inequality in plant populations

(2009) Cheng-Jin Chu 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

Ontogenetic shifts in interactions of two dominant shrub species in a semi-arid coastal sand dune system

(2009) Cristina Armas et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Spatial patterns of desert annuals in relation to shrub effects on soil moisture

(2009) J. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

(2009) Peter Christiaan le Roux et al.   OECOLOGIA

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Shielding effect of oasis-protection systems composed of various forms of wind break on sand fixation in an arid region: A case study in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China

(2008) Wenzhi Zhao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

SEASON- AND HERBIVORE-DEPENDENT COMPETITION AND FACILITATION IN A SEMIARID SAVANNA

(2008) Kari E. Veblen   ECOLOGY

Desert shrubs have negative or neutral effects on annuals at two levels of water availability in arid lands of South Australia

(2008) James T. Weedon et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Are soil lichen communities structured by biotic interactions? A null model analysis

(2007) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE