Foundation plant species provide resilience and microclimatic heterogeneity in drylands

CJ Lortie, A Filazzola, M Westphal, HS Butterfield - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Climate change profoundly influences plants and animals in all ecosystems including
drylands such as semi-arid and arid scrublands and grasslands. At the peak of an extended …

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 sha** species' geographic distributions, has gained increasing interest in the last two …

The relative effects of artificial shrubs on animal community assembly

M Zuliani, N Ghazian, S MacDonald… - Restoration …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Facilitative associations between the foundational shrub species Ephedra californica and
local vertebrate species can drive positive interactions within desert ecosystems that …

Facilitation promotes plant invasions and indirect negative interactions

CJ Lortie, A Filazzola, C Brown, J Lucero, M Zuliani… - Oikos, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Numerous pressures influence the ecological capacity and health of drylands globally.
Shrubs are often a critical component of these systems and can function positively as …

A meta‐analysis of shrub density as a predictor of animal abundance

M Zuliani, N Ghazian, CJ Lortie - Wildlife Biology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Facilitative interactions between shrub and animal species influence the structure and
composition of communities. The benefits associated with woody shrub species can critically …

Shrub density effects on the presence of an endangered lizard of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

M Zuliani, N Ghazian, M Owen… - Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Positive associations between animals and foundational shrub species are frequent in
desert ecosystems for shelter, resources, refuge, and other key ecological processes …

An unfortunate alliance: Native shrubs increase the abundance, performance, and apparent impacts of Bromus tectorum across a regional aridity gradient

JE Lucero, RM Callaway, AM Faist, CJ Lortie - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Interspecific facilitation contributes to the assembly of desert plant communities. However,
we know little of how desert communities invaded by exotic species respond to facilitation …

Native shrub densities predict burrow co-occurrence patterns in Central California Drylands

E Owen, CJ Lortie, M Zuliani - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2024‏ - Springer
Ecological resource availability is crucial for the persistence and survival of local desert
animal communities. Dryland resources such as shrubs and burrows positively benefit …

Dominant plant facilitation can generate indirect competition in a South‐American desert plant community

DA Sotomayor, A Filazzola… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aims Desert dominant plants commonly facilitate plant communities within their canopies.
Although substantial research has examined the direct consequences of this effect, a …

An examination of facilitative interactions between shrubs and loval desert organisms within the desert ecosystems of southern california

M Zuliani - 2024‏ - yorkspace.library.yorku.ca
In recent decades, facilitative interactions have been the focus of ecological studies,
specifically those with foundational shrubs within drylands. However, little has been done to …