Direct human activity and global climatic changes are threatening the existence of many
vegetated habitats. Seedling establishment, one of the riskiest plant life stages, must be …

Background Planting tree seedlings may help promote forest recovery after extensive high-
severity wildfire. We evaluated the influence of growing environment characteristics on the …

In response to climate warming, subalpine treelines are expected to move up in elevation
since treelines are generally controlled by growing season temperature. Where treeline is …

Questions As ecosystem engineers, alpine cushion and shrub species have been widely
documented, but their roles as co‐existing nurse plants have not been explicitly compared …

Warming climate in US forests may limit future viability of dominant high-elevation species at
their lower elevation range limits but favor more drought-adapted sympatric species …

Abstract Across the western United States, large, severe wildfires in montane forests are
creating treeless patches that can fail to reforest naturally due to a lack of seed sources and …

The spatial patterns of trees are a defining feature of forests, yet because of the long lifespan
of trees, the full origins of these spatial patterns remain unclear. We used 15.6 ha of a …

Shrubs can have a net positive effect on the recruitment of other species, especially relict
species in dry-stressful conditions. We tested the effects of nurse shrubs and herbivory …

Questions Contrasting understorey species responses to the effects of dominant species
might occur within a single community even with neutral community‐level interactions …

This study analyzes the structure and regeneration dynamics of a Mediterranean high-
altitude natural pine forest (Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii) located in Sierra de Cazorla …