Indirect interactions in terrestrial plant communities: emerging patterns and research gaps

Temporal-spatial segregation among hummingbirds foraging on honeydew in a temperate forest in Mexico

(2016) Carlos Lara et al.   Current Zoology

Plant traits mediate effects of predators across pepper (Capsicum annuum) varieties

(2014) LUIS ABDALA-ROBERTS et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Morphological variability in tree root architecture indirectly affects coexistence among competitors in the understory

(2014) Erik T. Aschehoug et al.   ECOLOGY

Spatio-temporal variation in seed predation by a native weevil in the invasive Prunus serotina

(2014) M. Vanhellemont et al.   FLORA

The outcome of shared pollination services is affected by the density and spatial pattern of an attractive neighbour

(2014) Merav Seifan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Consistency and reciprocity of indirect interactions between tree species mediated by frugivorous birds

(2014) Daniel Martínez et al.   OIKOS

The Effect of Phylogeny, Environment and Morphology on Communities of a Lianescent Clade (Bignonieae-Bignoniaceae) in Neotropical Biomes

(2014) Suzana Alcantara et al.   PLoS One

Direct and Indirect Impacts of Infestation of Tomato Plant by Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

(2014) Xiao-Ling Tan et al.   PLoS One

Rodent-Mediated Interactions Among Seed Species of Differing Quality in a Shrubsteppe Ecosystem

(2014) Karen H. Beard et al.   WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST

Resource competition in plant invasions: emerging patterns and research needs

(2014) Margherita Gioria et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Interactions between ecosystem engineers: A native species indirectly facilitates a non-native one

(2013) María Cruz Sueiro et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Non-additive benefit or cost? Disentangling the indirect effects that occur when plants bearing extrafloral nectaries and honeydew-producing insects share exotic ant mutualists

(2013) Amy M. Savage et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The brown-world role of insectivores: Frogs reduce plant growth by suppressing detritivores in an alpine meadow

(2013) Xinwei Wu et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Testing biological control agent compatibility: Cyphocleonus achates and Larinus minutus on diffuse knapweed

(2013) Andrea E.A. Stephens et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

After the frass: foraging pikas select patches previously grazed by caterpillars

(2013) I. C. Barrio et al.   Biology Letters

Plant neighbours mediate bird predation effects on arthropod abundance and herbivory

(2013) BRICE GIFFARD et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Nocturnal resource defence in aphid-tending ants of northern Patagonia

(2013) MARÍA N. LESCANO et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Community-dependent foraging habits of flower visitors: cascading indirect interactions among five bumble bee species

(2013) Hiroshi S. Ishii   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Species interactions and a chain of indirect effects driven by reduced precipitation

(2013) Brandon T. Barton et al.   ECOLOGY

Positive interactions between large herbivores and grasshoppers, and their consequences for grassland plant diversity

(2013) Zhiwei Zhong et al.   ECOLOGY

The role of biotic interactions for the early establishment of oak seedlings in coastal dune forest communities

(2013) Hassan Muhamed et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Evolutionary adaptation in three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods

(2013) Arjen Biere et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Indirect and mitigated effects of pulsed resources on the population dynamics of a northern rodent

(2013) Nikhil Lobo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks

(2013) Maria C. Caldeira et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Can floral traits predict an invasive plant's impact on native plant-pollinator communities?

(2013) Michelle R. Gibson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Flowers attract weaver ants that deter less effective pollinators

(2013) Francisco G. Gonzálvez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An allelopathic plant facilitates species richness in the Mediterranean garrigue

(2013) Bodil K. Ehlers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence for indirect facilitation among invasive plants

(2013) S. Luke Flory et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Indirect effects and facilitation among native and non-native species promote invasion success along an environmental stress gradient

(2013) Phoebe L. Zarnetske et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in sex ratios of a dioecious grass with grazing intensity: the interplay between gender traits, neighbour interactions and spatial patterns

(2013) Pamela Graff et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Facilitation as a ubiquitous driver of biodiversity

(2013) Eliot J. B. McIntire et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Direct and indirect interactions co-determine species composition in nurse plant systems

(2013) Christian Schöb et al.   OIKOS

Herbivore-mediated facilitation alters composition and increases richness and diversity in ruderal communities

(2013) José L. Hierro et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Crabs Mediate Interactions between Native and Invasive Salt Marsh Plants: A Mesocosm Study

(2013) Xiao-dong Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Herbivore identity mediates the strength of trophic cascades on individual plants

(2013) F. J. F. van Veen et al.   Ecosphere

Impact of Competition and Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth of Centaurea stoebe, an Invasive Plant of Sand Dunes

(2012) Sarah M. Emery et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Facilitation of the non-native annual plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Aizoaceae) by the endemic cactus Eulychnia acida (Cactaceae) in the Atacama Desert

(2012) Jaime Madrigal-González et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

There goes the neighborhood: apparent competition between invasive and native orchids mediated by a specialist florivorous weevil

(2012) Wilnelia Recart et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Negative interaction between twospotted spider mites and aphids mediated by feeding damage and honeydew

(2012) C.V. Cédola et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Loss of native herbaceous species due to woody plant encroachment facilitates the establishment of an invasive grass

(2012) Karen M. Alofs et al.   ECOLOGY

Indirect effects on mutualisms: parasitism of bumble bees and pollination service to plants

(2012) S. D. Gillespie et al.   ECOLOGY

More than a meal… integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs

(2012) Sonia Kéfi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mapping where ecologists work: biases in the global distribution of terrestrial ecological observations

(2012) Laura J Martin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Climate change has indirect effects on resource use and overlap among coexisting bird species with negative consequences for their reproductive success

(2012) Sonya K. Auer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Facilitation of tiger moths by outbreaking tussock moths that share the same host plants

(2012) Richard Karban et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

To what extent do time, species identity and selected plant response variables influence woody plant interactions?

(2012) Bernard Prévosto et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A minor pest reduces yield losses by a major pest: plant-mediated herbivore interactions in Indonesian cacao

(2012) Arno Wielgoss et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Indirect competition for pollinators is weak compared to direct resource competition: pollination and performance in the face of an invader

(2012) Jennifer D. Palladini et al.   OECOLOGIA

Trophic consequences of a biological invasion: do plant invasions increase predator abundance?

(2012) Jennifer A. Lau   OIKOS

Competitive outcomes between two exotic invaders are modified by direct and indirect effects of a native conifer

(2012) Kerry L. Metlen et al.   OIKOS

Predator-prey interactions in a grassland food chain vary with temperature and food quality

(2012) Angela Nardoni Laws et al.   OIKOS

Effects of competition and indirect facilitation by shrubs on Quercus robur saplings

(2012) Anna M. Jensen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Synergisms between Alien Trees and the Argentine Ant on Indigenous Ant Species in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

(2011) C.S. Schoeman et al.   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Multiple mechanisms enable invasive species to suppress native species

(2011) Alison E. Bennett et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Root herbivory affects oviposition and feeding behavior of a foliar herbivore

(2011) P. Anderson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Hemiparasite – host plant interactions and the impact of herbivory: a field experiment

(2011) Mickayla D. Van Hoveln et al.   Botany

The impact of simulated moose densities on conifer aphids along a productivity gradient

(2011) Salla-Riikka Vesterlund et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Responses of insect herbivores to sharing a host plant with a hemiparasite: impacts on preference and performance differ with feeding guild

(2011) NAOMI C. EWALD et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Exotic thistles increase native ant abundance through the maintenance of enhanced aphid populations

(2011) María Natalia Lescano et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Bottom-up control of consumers leads to top-down indirect facilitation of invasive annual herbs in semiarid Chile

(2011) Jaime Madrigal et al.   ECOLOGY

Indirect plant-mediated interactions among parasitoid larvae

(2011) Erik H. Poelman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Competitive and allelopathic interference between soybean crop and annual wormwood (Artemisia annua L.) under field conditions

(2011) C.M. Morvillo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Growth and symbiotic effectiveness of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in organic matter in competition with soil bacteria

(2011) Joanne Leigh et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Ant-plant mutualisms promote functional diversity in phytotelm communities

(2011) Régis Céréghino et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pollinator Visits to Threatened Species Are Restored Following Invasive Plant Removal

(2011) Carina A. Baskett et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Differential facilitative and competitive effects of a dominant macrophyte in grazed subtropical wetlands

(2011) Elizabeth H. Boughton et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Willows indirectly reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in understorey communities

(2011) Katie M. Becklin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Influence of conspecific and heterospecific adults on riparian tree species establishment during encroachment of a humid palm savanna

(2011) Andrés G. Rolhauser et al.   OECOLOGIA

Testing the role of biotic stress in the stress gradient hypothesis. Processes and patterns in arid rangelands

(2011) Pamela Graff 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

Indirect positive effects ameliorate strong negative effects of Euphorbia esula on a native plant

(2011) Daniel Z. Atwater et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The combined positive effects of two dominant species in an arid shrub-herbaceous community: implications from the performance of two associate species

(2011) Ming-Juan Zhang et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

A competitive network theory of species diversity

(2011) S. Allesina et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Expansion of mass-flowering crops leads to transient pollinator dilution and reduced wild plant pollination

(2011) A. Holzschuh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Negative results are disappearing from most disciplines and countries

(2011) Daniele Fanelli   SCIENTOMETRICS

Extrafloral nectaries indirectly protect small aphid colonies via ant-mediated interactions

(2010) Noboru Katayama et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Bird rookeries have different effects on different feeding guilds of herbivores and alter the feeding behavior of a common caterpillar

(2010) Ian S. Pearse   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Contagious dispersal of seeds of synchronously fruiting species beneath invasive and native fleshy-fruited trees

(2010) EVE WHITE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants

(2010) Loïc Pellissier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Deer browsing and soil disturbance induce cascading effects on plant communities: a multilevel path analysis

(2010) Julien Beguin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Expansion of the winter moth outbreak range: no restrictive effects of competition with the resident autumnal moth

(2010) TEA AMMUNÉT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Herbivores on a dominant understory shrub increase local plant diversity in rain forest communities

(2010) Lee A. Dyer et al.   ECOLOGY

Apparent competition with an invasive plant hastens the extinction of an endangered lupine

(2010) Emily M. Dangremond et al.   ECOLOGY

Cascading diversity effects transmitted exclusively by behavioral interactions

(2010) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   ECOLOGY

Trait-mediated interactions and lifetime fitness of the invasive plant Centaurea solstitialis

(2010) Sarah M. Swope et al.   ECOLOGY

Termites, vertebrate herbivores, and the fruiting success of Acacia drepanolobium

(2010) Alison K. Brody et al.   ECOLOGY

Insect herbivore mortality is increased by competition with a hemiparasitic plant

(2010) Katherine A. Bass et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic

(2010) Kari E. Veblen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Facilitation vs. apparent competition: insect herbivory alters tree seedling recruitment under nurse shrubs in a steppe-woodland ecotone

(2010) Enrique J. Chaneton et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The tolerance of island plant-pollinator networks to alien plants

(2010) Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sequence of arrival determines plant-mediated interactions between herbivores

(2010) Matthias Erb et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Facilitation ofQuercus ilexin Mediterranean shrubland is explained by both direct and indirect interactions mediated by herbs

(2010) Bárbara Cuesta et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Acer negundo invasion along a successional gradient: early direct facilitation by native pioneers and late indirect facilitation by conspecifics

(2010) Patrick Saccone et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Underground friends or enemies: model plants help to unravel direct and indirect effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant competition

(2010) Evelina Facelli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Interactions between local climate and grazing determine the population dynamics of the small herb Viola biflora

(2010) Marianne Evju et al.   OECOLOGIA

Do pollinators influence the assembly of flower colours within plant communities?

(2010) Marinus L. de Jager et al.   OECOLOGIA

Toward a mechanistic understanding of competition in vascular-feeding herbivores: an empirical test of the sink competition hypothesis

(2010) Ian Kaplan et al.   OECOLOGIA

Direct and indirect interactions among plants explain counterintuitive positive drought effects on an eastern Mediterranean shrub species

(2010) Merav Seifan et al.   OIKOS

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

Linkages among trait-mediated indirect effects: a new framework for the indirect interaction web

(2010) Shunsuke Utsumi et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi species-specifically affect induced plant responses to a spider mite

(2010) Takaaki Nishida et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Plant nutrient supply determines competition between phytophagous insects

(2010) J. T. Staley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Associational Resistance and Associational Susceptibility: Having Right or Wrong Neighbors

(2009) Pedro Barbosa et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Grass-to-tree facilitation in an arid grazed environment (Aïr Mountains, Sahara)

(2009) Fabien Anthelme et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of impacts of alien vs. native plants on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of co-flowering native plants

(2009) Carolina Laura Morales et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Intertidal Burrowing Crab Neohelice (=Chasmagnathus) granulata Positively Affects Foraging of Rodents in South Western Atlantic Salt Marshes

(2009) Alejandro D. Canepuccia et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

A positive trait-mediated indirect effect involving the natural enemies of competing herbivores

(2009) F. J. Frank van Veen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Direct and indirect effects of understorey bamboo shape tree regeneration niches in a mixed temperate forest

(2009) Fernando D. Caccia et al.   OECOLOGIA

Competition as a structuring force in leaf miner communities

(2009) Ayco J. M. Tack et al.   OIKOS

Multiple drivers of apparent competition reduce re-establishment of a native plant in invaded habitats

(2009) John L. Orrock et al.   OIKOS

Grasshopper Herbivory Affects Native Plant Diversity and Abundance in a Grassland Dominated by the Exotic GrassAgropyron cristatum

(2009) David H. Branson et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Does the strength of facilitation by nurse shrubs depend on grazing resistance of tree saplings?

(2008) Charlotte Vandenberghe et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

HEMIPARASITES GENERATE ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY AND ENHANCE SPECIES COEXISTENCE IN SALT MARSHES

(2008) Brenda J. Grewell   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

PARASITE FACILITATES PLANT SPECIES COEXISTENCE IN A COASTAL WETLAND

(2008) Brenda J. Grewell   ECOLOGY

APPARENT COMPETITION WITH AN EXOTIC PLANT REDUCES NATIVE PLANT ESTABLISHMENT

(2008) John L. Orrock et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Kari E. Veblen   ECOLOGY

DISRUPTION OF A BELOWGROUND MUTUALISM ALTERS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLANTS AND THEIR FLORAL VISITORS

(2008) James F. Cahill et al.   ECOLOGY

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF VERTEBRATE HERBIVORES ON INVERTEBRATES IN A COASTAL DUNE COMMUNITY

(2008) Mikaela Huntzinger et al.   ECOLOGY

EXPLOITATIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN INVASIVE HERBIVORES BENEFITS A NATIVE HOST PLANT

(2008) Evan L. Preisser et al.   ECOLOGY

Physiological integration of roots and shoots in plant defense strategies links above- and belowground herbivory

(2008) Ian Kaplan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Direct and indirect effects of ants on seed predation in moth/yucca mutualisms

(2008) Rebecca S. Snell et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Habitat amelioration and associational defence as main facilitative mechanisms in Mediterranean grasslands grazed by domestic livestock

(2008) Nadine Boulant et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

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

Phenolic-rich leaf carbon fractions differentially influence microbial respiration and plant growth

(2008) Courtney L. Meier et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interactive disturbance effects of two disparate ecosystem engineers in North American shortgrass steppe

(2008) Christina Alba-Lynn et al.   OECOLOGIA

Resource competition and shared natural enemies in experimental insect communities

(2008) Thomas S. Jones et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interactive effects of mycorrhizae and a root hemiparasite on plant community productivity and diversity

(2008) Claudia Stein et al.   OECOLOGIA

Trophic cascades initiated by fungal plant endosymbionts impair reproductive performance of parasitoids in the second generation

(2008) Simone A. Härri et al.   OECOLOGIA

Positive interactions among plant species for pollinator service: assessing the ‘magnet species’ concept with invasive species

(2008) Marco A. Molina-Montenegro et al.   OIKOS

Modification of competition between two grass species by a hemiparasitic plant and simulated grazing

(2007) M. Niemelä et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY