Establishment of a desert foundation species is limited by exotic plants and light but not herbivory or water

Species‐specificity challenges the predictability of facilitation along a regional desert gradient

(2020) Alessandro Filazzola et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Constraints on shrub cover and shrub-shrub competition in a U.S. southwest desert

(2019) Wenjie Ji et al.   Ecosphere

The dark side of facilitation: native shrubs facilitate exotic annuals more strongly than native annuals

(2019) Jacob E. Lucero et al.   NeoBiota

Shrubs facilitate native forb re-establishment in an invaded arid shrubland

(2019) Amanda R. Liczner et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Benefactor facilitation and beneficiary feedback effects drive shrub-dominated community succession in a semi-arid dune ecosystem

(2018) Yuxian Bai et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Better late than never: a synthesis of strategic land retirement and restoration in California

(2018) Christopher J. Lortie et al.   Ecosphere

Impact of solar and wind development on conservation values in the Mojave Desert

(2018) Sophie S. Parker et al.   PLoS One

The effect of consumer pressure and abiotic stress on positive plant interactions are mediated by extreme climatic events

(2017) Alessandro Filazzola et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Groot Effect: Plant facilitation and desert shrub regrowth following extensive damage

(2017) Christopher J. Lortie et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Shrub-annual facilitation complexes mediate insect community structure in arid environments

(2016) Ally Ruttan et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Negative impacts of invasive plants on conservation of sensitive desert wildlife

(2016) K. Kristina Drake et al.   Ecosphere

High precipitation and seeded species competition reduce seeded shrub establishment during dryland restoration

(2015) Matthew J. Rinella et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Functional assessment of animal interactions with shrub-facilitation complexes: a formal synthesis and conceptual framework

(2015) Christopher J. Lortie et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Disentangling direct and indirect effects of a legume shrub on its understorey community

(2015) Richard Michalet et al.   OIKOS

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

(2015) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

A systematic review and conceptual framework for the mechanistic pathways of nurse plants

(2014) Alessandro Filazzola et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Grazing effects on biological soil crusts and their interaction with shrubs and grasses in an arid rangeland

(2014) Solana Tabeni et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Maintaining distances with the engineer: patterns of coexistence in plant communities beyond the patch-bare dichotomy

(2014) David S. Pescador et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Being a facilitator can be costly: teasing apart reciprocal effects

(2014) Eliot J. B. McIntire   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Consequences of facilitation: one plant's benefit is another plant's cost

(2013) Christian Schöb et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A systems approach to restoring degraded drylands

(2013) Jeremy J. James et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Justin Dohn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs

(2013) Christian Schöb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Spatial Patterns and Natural Recruitment of Native Shrubs in a Semi-arid Sandy Land

(2013) Bo Wu et al.   PLoS One

Using livestock to manage plant composition: A meta-analysis of grazing in California Mediterranean grasslands

(2012) Karen A. Stahlheber et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Fire promotes downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) seed dispersal

(2012) Arnaud Monty et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Poised to prosper? A cross-system comparison of climate change effects on native and non-native species performance

(2012) Cascade J. B. Sorte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperature dependence of the reproduction niche and its relevance for plant species distributions

(2012) Olga Bykova et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

No evidence of a trade-off between drought and shade tolerance in seedlings of six coastal desert shrub species in north-central Chile

(2012) Karina Martínez-Tillería et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Shrub facilitation increases plant diversity along an arid scrubland-temperate rain forest boundary in South America

(2012) Maarten J. van Zonneveld et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Diversification in North American arid lands: Niche conservatism, divergence and expansion of habitat explain speciation in the genus Ephedra

(2012) Israel Loera et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems

(2012) Mart Verwijmeren et al.   OIKOS

Biophysical Correlates with the Distribution of the Invasive Annual Red Brome (Bromus rubens) on a Mojave Desert Landscape

(2012) Scott R. Abella et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

(2011) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecohydrology

Invasion of shrublands by exotic grasses: ecohydrological consequences in cold versus warm deserts

(2011) Bradford P. Wilcox et al.   Ecohydrology

Using the negative binomial distribution to model overdispersion in ecological count data

(2011) Andreas Lindén et al.   ECOLOGY

Abiotic and biotic influences on Bromus tectorum invasion and Artemisia tridentata recovery after fire

(2011) Lea Condon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

The San Joaquin Desert of California: Ecologically Misunderstood and Overlooked

(2011) David J. Germano et al.   NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL

Climate Change in Western US Deserts: Potential for Increased Wildfire and Invasive Annual Grasses

(2011) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Relationships of Native Desert Plants with Red Brome (Bromus rubens): Toward Identifying Invasion-Reducing Species

(2011) Scott R. Abella et al.   Invasive Plant Science and Management

Polyphenol oxidase activity in the roots of seedlings of Bromus (Poaceae) and other grass genera

(2010) Claus Holzapfel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited

(2010) Milena Holmgren et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rapid root extension during water pulses enhances establishment of shrub seedlings in the Atacama Desert

(2010) Mario F. León et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Water, climate change, and sustainability in the southwest

(2010) G. M. MacDonald   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of facilitation and mutualism

(2009) Judith L. Bronstein   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The role of plant interactions in the restoration of degraded ecosystems: a meta-analysis across life-forms and ecosystems

(2009) Lorena Gómez-Aparicio   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Biting the hand that feeds: the invasive grass Schismus barbatus (Poaceae) is facilitated by, but reduces establishment of, the native shrub Ambrosia dumosa (Asteraceae)

(2009) Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE