Simple Summary True mistletoe (of the Viscum species) is a semi-parasitic, perennial
browse species that is found attached to its host—a shrub or a tree. It has important …

Mistletoes are a group of flowering plants that have developed a parasitic lifeform through
complex eco-evolutionary processes. Despite being considered a pest, mistletoes represent …

Mistletoes can have detrimental effects on host trees. Mistletoe-infected trees may suffer
from reduced growth and loss of vigor thereby contributing to low productivity of host trees …

Host size and distance from an infected plant have been previously found to affect mistletoe
occurrence in woody vegetation but the effect of host plant competition on mistletoe infection …

Assessment of host infection and distribution patterns are crucial to understand the
underling mechanisms that shape parasitic plant spread in natural ecosystems. However …

Mistletoes are branch parasites of trees and shrubs, occur world-wide, and are considered
keystone species in many forest communities. They have complex interactions with seed …

Forests dominated by the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae) are highly threatened due to
anthropogenic impacts and climate change. Some species such as Polylepis flavipila are …

Despite the recent advances regarding the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of ant–
trophobiont mutualistic interactions, understanding their spatial variation remains a …

The detection of an organism in a given site is widely used as a state variable in many
metapopulation and epidemiological studies. However, failure to detect the species does not …

We conducted observational and experimental studies of the endangered hemiparasitic
plant species Schwalbea americana (American Chaffseed, hereafter Schwalbea) in the New …