Top-Down and Bottom-Up Effects Deployed by a Nurse Shrub Allow Facilitating an Endemic Mediterranean Orchid
Aims: Facilitation among plant species occurs when the presence of one species, the so-called nurse, alters the environment in a way that enhances the growth, survival or reproduction of a second species. This positive association could be specie-specific and can have direct top-down (canopy) or bot...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00466/full |