Importance, but not intensity of plant interactions relates to species diversity under the interplay of stress and disturbance

Increased competition does not lead to increased phylogenetic overdispersion in a native grassland

(2013) Jonathan A. Bennett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

(2013) B. J. Butterfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands

(2013) Nicolas Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Facilitation displaces hotspots of diversity and allows communities to persist in heavily stressed and disturbed environments

(2013) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

Impacts of introduced dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) on the diversity and composition of alpine vegetation

(2012) M. Zeidler et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Integrating climate change into calcareous grassland management

(2012) Jean-Paul Maalouf et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Assessing the role of competition and stress: a critique of importance indices and the development of a new approach

(2012) Mark Rees et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems

(2012) Mart Verwijmeren et al.   OIKOS

Evaluating the Relationship between Competition and Productivity within a Native Grassland

(2012) Jonathan A. Bennett et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Importance versus intensity of ecological effects: why context matters

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

Facilitating an importance index

(2010) Merav Seifan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of competition on tree radial-growth vary in importance but not in intensity along climatic gradients

(2010) Georges Kunstler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Dan Malkinson et al.   OIKOS

Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities

(2010) F. T. Maestre et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant interactions are unimportant in a subarctic–alpine plant community

(2009) Matthew G. E. Mitchell et al.   ECOLOGY

Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework

(2009) Nicolas Gross et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Christian Smit et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Measuring the importance of competition in plant communities

(2009) Robert P. Freckleton 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

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

(2009) Peter Christiaan le Roux et al.   OECOLOGIA

When Competition Does Not Matter: Grassland Diversity and Community Composition

(2008) Eric G. Lamb et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

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

Shoot, but not root, competition reduces community diversity in experimental mesocosms

(2008) Eric G. Lamb et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY