Shrub cover regulates population dynamics of herbaceous plants at individual shrub scale on the Mongolian steppe

Effects of Temperature, Dry Storage, and Burial on Dormancy and Germination of Seeds of 13 Desert Plant Species from Sand Dunes in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China

(2013) Hui-Liang Liu et al.   ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?

(2013) Santiago Soliveres et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland

(2013) David J. Eldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Shrubs and herbaceous seed flow in a semi-arid landscape: dual functioning of shrubs as trap and barrier

(2013) Itamar Giladi et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differential seedling establishment of woody plants along a tree density gradient in Neotropical savannas

(2013) Ana Salazar et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of Shrub Litter Addition on Dune Soil Microbial Community in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

(2011) Shaokun Wang et al.   ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

Spatial variability of soil nutrients and microbiological properties after the establishment of leguminous shrub Caragana microphylla Lam. plantation on sand dune in the Horqin Sandy Land of Northeast China

(2011) Chengyou Cao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

The evolution of competitive strategies in annual plants

(2011) Stephen P. Bonser et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Cross-spatial-scale patterns in the facilitative effect of shrubs and potential for restoration of desert steppe

(2010) Yu Yoshihara et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Ecological stoichiometry explains larger-scale facilitation processes by shrubs on species coexistence among understory plants

(2010) Takehiro Sasaki et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Shrubs as ecosystem engineers in a coastal dune: influences on plant populations, communities and ecosystems

(2010) J. Hall Cushman et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Effects of Caragana microphylla patch and its canopy size on “islands of fertility” in a Mongolian grassland ecosystem

(2010) Junji Kondo et al.   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Are pine plantations valid tools for restoring Mediterranean forests? An assessment along abiotic and biotic gradients

(2009) Lorena Gómez-Aparicio et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Trait-dependent modification of facilitation on cobble beaches

(2009) Andrew D. Irving et al.   ECOLOGY

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: Influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance

(2009) L.A. DeFalco et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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

Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses

(2009) Corinna Riginos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Habitat degradation, topography and rainfall variability interact to determine seed distribution and recruitment in a sand dune grassland

(2009) Feng-Rui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Strain and vegetation effects on local limiting resources explain the outcomes of biotic interactions

(2009) N. Gross et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Evaluation of water use of Caragana microphylla with the stem heat-balance method in Horqin Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia, China

(2008) Guangyang Yue et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

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

Spatiotemporal pattern of seed bank in the annual psammophyte Agriophyllum squarrosum Moq. (Chenopodiaceae) on the active sand dunes of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China

(2008) Junling Ma et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Shrub Invasion Decreases Diversity and Alters Community Stability in Northern Chihuahuan Desert Plant Communities

(2008) Selene Báez et al.   PLoS One