Inclusion of facilitation into ecological theory

JF Bruno, JJ Stachowicz, MD Bertness - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2003 - cell.com
Investigations of the role of competition, predation and abiotic stress in sha** natural
communities were a staple for previous generations of ecologists and are still popular …

Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers

AGB Poore, AH Campbell, RA Coleman… - Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

[BOOK][B] Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems

M Begon, CR Townsend - 2020 - books.google.com
A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

Applying plant facilitation to forest restoration: a meta‐analysis of the use of shrubs as nurse plants

L Gómez-Aparicio, R Zamora, JM Gómez… - Ecological …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
After a millenarian history of overexploitation, most forests in the Mediterranean Basin have
disappeared, leaving many degraded landscapes that have been recolonized by early …

[BOOK][B] Essentials of ecology.

CR Townsend, JL Harper, M Begon - 2000 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This book provides an introductory text in ecology aimed at undergraduate students and is
divided into sections entitled: introduction; conditions and resources; individuals …

Can invasive species facilitate native species? Evidence of how, when, and why these impacts occur

LF Rodriguez - Biological invasions, 2006 - Springer
Although the predatory and competitive impacts of biological invasions are well
documented, facilitation of native species by non-indigenous species is frequently …

[BOOK][B] Organism and environment: ecological development, niche construction, and adaptation

SE Sultan - 2015 - books.google.com
Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

Resistance, extinction, and everything in between–The diverse responses of seaweeds to marine heatwaves

SC Straub, T Wernberg, MS Thomsen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Globally, anomalously warm temperature events have increased by 34% in frequency and
17% in duration from 1925 to 2016 with potentially major impacts on coastal ecosystems …

Unveiling the transition from niche to dispersal assembly in ecology

LHL Loke, RA Chisholm - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A central goal in ecology is to understand what maintains species diversity in local
communities. Classic ecological theory, posits that niches dictate the maximum number of …

Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited

M Holmgren, M Scheffer - Journal of Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that the role of facilitative interactions increases as environmental conditions
become more stressful has become a ruling paradigm in ecology. Here, we review three …