From seed dispersal service to reproductive collapse: density‐dependent outcome of a palm–mammal interaction

R Muñoz‐Gallego, T Wiegand, A Traveset, JM Fedriani - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific ecological interactions are inherently context‐dependent. They may vary in both
magnitude and sign depending on the biotic and abiotic conditions, depicting a mutualism …

[HTML][HTML] Interspecific interactions among functionally diverse frugivores and their outcomes for plant reproduction: A new approach based on camera-trap data and …

M Selwyn, PJ Garrote, AR Castilla, JM Fedriani - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The study of plant-frugivore interactions is essential to understand the ecology and evolution
of many plant communities. However, very little is known about how interactions among …

[HTML][HTML] The Eurasian badger-generated seed rain drives the natural (re) colonization of vacant human-altered areas by a keystone pioneer palm

PJ Garrote, AR Castilla, JM Fedriani - Perspectives in Plant Ecology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seed dispersal is an essential ecological process for plant (re) colonization, especially in
intensively human-altered habitats such as old-fields (ie abandoned farmlands) where seed …

Coping with changing plant–plant interactions in restoration ecology: Effect of species, site, and individual variation

PJ Garrote, AR Castilla… - Applied Vegetation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Question Nurse–beneficiary plant interactions are often used to restore degraded habitats.
However, whether and how shifts in plant–plant interactions along the facilitation …

[HTML][HTML] Unmasking the perching effect of the pioneer Mediterranean dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis L.

V González-García, PJ Garrote, JM Fedriani - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Although farmlands are the most extensive terrestrial biomes, the abandonment of traditional
agriculture in many parts of the world has brought opportunities and challenges for the …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-driven neighborhood effects on herbivory in the dioecious Mediterranean palm Chamaeropshumilis L.

R Muñoz-Gallego, T Wiegand, A Traveset, JM Fedriani - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
Although it is well recognized that the strength of plant–herbivore interactions can vary with
the plant sex, the distance, and the density of conspecific neighbors, no study has yet …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the spatiotemporal variation of genetic diversity and genetic rarity in the natural plant recolonization of human-altered areas

PJ Garrote, AR Castilla, FX Picó, JM Fedriani - Conservation Genetics, 2023 - Springer
The spatiotemporal genetic variation at early plant life stages may substantially affect the
natural recolonization of human-altered areas, which is crucial to understand plant and …

Assessing the relative importance of nurse species on Mediterranean human‐altered areas

PJ Garrote, AR Castilla, JM Fedriani - Restoration Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
One advantageous strategy for the restoration of human‐disturbed landscapes is the use of
ecologically “important” species such as nurse plants. We propose a field‐based approach …

Seedling responses to moderate and severe herbivory: a field‐clipping experiment with a keystone Mediterranean palm

PJ Garrote, MN Bugalho, JM Fedriani - Plant Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–ungulate interactions are critical in shaping the structure of Mediterranean plant
communities. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on how plant intrinsic and …

Old-Field Recolonization by Animal-Dispersed Keystoneplants: Combining Field Work, Genetics and Apatially-Explicit Modelling

PJG García - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The transformation and destruction of natural areas for their exploitation as agricultural lands
is a typical example of land-use change that generates high ecosystem degradation …