The benefits of the mixture come on top of the other well-known superiority of provisioning and regulation services.
Tag - facilitation
Fi Gennu
The effects of heterospecific pollen deposition on pollen-tube growth
How does the pollen of one plant species impact the reproductive success of another?
William Salter
Improving overyielding in legume-based mixtures
A major challenge when supporting the development of intercropping systems remains the design of efficient species mixtures. The ecological processes that sustain overyielding of legume-based mixtures compared to pure...
Alex Assiry
A plant thought to aid Nothofagus may be out-competing it
The idea was simple, Proteaceae plants are experts at releasing phosphorus from soils, so planting them alongside Nothofagus should provide the beeches with natural fertilizer. The reality is more complex.
Alun Salt
Floral colour structure in two Australian herbaceous communities
Pollinator-mediated interactions between plant species may affect the composition of angiosperm communities. Floral colour signals should play a role in these interactions, but the role will arise from the visual...
Functional traits of vascular plants colonizing alpine cushions
Global warming threatens species living in the highest and coldest areas. Alpine cushion plants are potentially endangered by stronger species expanding from lower elevations. This can be inferred from their ecological...
Pollination quantity and purity
If you share a pollinator with another plant species in your location, is it a good idea to flower at the same time? You can only use pollen from another plant in the same species. If a bee arrives loaded with another...
How do pollinators paint the landscape with colour?
When you look at a patch of flowers, you often see clusters of colour. Even when a single species can have many different colours, you get patches. Why? How does a plant know to grow with this colour and not that colour...
Positive and negative interactions on a dioecious grass species performance
Dioecious plants are of particular concern in view of global environmental changes because reproductive females are more sensitive to abiotic stresses, thus compromising population viability. Positive interactions with...
The benefits of sleeping in
The early bird catches the worm, but does the frost catch the early plant? A new article in AmJBot says there are advantages for a plant to germinate late.
Stress or Strain Gradient Hypothesis?
The Stress Gradient Hypothesis (SGH) proposes that competition prevails in undisturbed and productive environments, and shifts to facilitation in disturbed or stressful environments. Yet the environmental condition...
botanyone
Induction and suppression of plant defences (Invited Review)
A review of the current state of knowledge about plant defences highlights insights into herbivore adaptations that allow them to cope with these defences.
Sun/shade conditions and seedling recruitment in a cactus
Early life-history stages of cacti can benefit from the facilitative effects of nurse plants that reduce solar radiation and water stress. Miranda-Jácome et al. conduct a reciprocal transplant experiment, coupled with...
