Facilitation in communities

R Michalet, FI Pugnaire - Functional Ecology, 2016 - JSTOR
Facilitation (positive interactions among organisms) in communities has been the subject of
increasing interest for community ecologists since the mid-nineties (Fig. 1), although this is a …

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

C Schöb, R Michalet, LA Cavieres, FI Pugnaire… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Facilitative interactions are defined as positive effects of one species on another, but
bidirectional feedbacks may be positive, neutral, or negative. Understanding the …

Positive species interactions shape species' range limits

P Stephan, B Bramon Mora, JM Alexander - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between niche and distribution, and especially the role of biotic interactions
in shaping species' geographic distributions, has gained increasing interest in the last two …

Plant interactions shape pollination networks via nonadditive effects

G Losapio, MA Fortuna, J Bascompte, B Schmid… - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plants grow in communities where they interact with other plants and with other living
organisms such as pollinators. On the one hand, studies of plant–plant interactions rarely …

Degeneration of foundation cushion species induced by ecological constraints can cause massive changes in alpine plant communities

J Chen, X Chen, L Qian, Y Zhang, B Li, H Shi… - Science China Life …, 2024 - Springer
Foundational cushion plants can re-organize community structures and sustain a prominent
proportion of alpine biodiversity, but they are sensitive to climate change. The loss of …

Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization

B Pichon, S Kéfi, N Loeuille, I Lajaaiti, I Gounand - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local
environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From …

Plant antagonistic facilitation across environmental gradients: a soil‐resource ecosystem engineering model

C Cabal, GA Maciel, R Martinez‐Garcia - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Theory questions the persistence of nonreciprocal interactions in which one plant has a
positive net effect on a neighbor that, in return, has a negative net impact on its benefactor–a …

Resistance of plant–plant networks to biodiversity loss and secondary extinctions following simulated environmental changes

G Losapio, C Schöb - Functional Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plant interactions are fundamental processes for structuring plant communities and are an
important mechanism governing the response of plant species and communities to …

Co-ordination between xylem anatomy, plant architecture and leaf functional traits in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a nurse cushion plant

AI García-Cervigón, MA García-López, N Pistón… - Annals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Plants in dry Mediterranean mountains experience a double
climatic stress: at low elevations, high temperatures coincide with water shortage during …

An experimental approach to assessing the impact of ecosystem engineers on biodiversity and ecosystem functions

G Losapio, B Schmid, J Bascompte, R Michalet… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plants acting as ecosystem engineers create habitats and facilitate biodiversity maintenance
within plant communities. Furthermore, biodiversity research has demonstrated that plant …