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Habitat engineering effects of freshwater mussels in rivers vary across spatial scales
Ecosystem engineers alter habitat and resource availability within ecosystems, but the magnitude of these effects depends on abiotic context and...
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Potential social facilitation through song in bird communities
AbstractThe main function of birdsong is to attract mates and defend territories among conspecifics, but little is known about the potential of this...
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Reciprocal facilitation between ants and small mammals in tidal marshes
The role of facilitation in sha** natural communities has primarily been studied in the context of plant assemblages, while its relevance for...
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Do nurse plant effects strengthen over time? Results from 12 years of desert habitat restoration
Nurse plant effects occur when benefactor perennials facilitate beneficiary plants below their canopies. Two poorly understood aspects of nurse plant...
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Facilitation of phosphorus acquisition by Banksia attenuata allows Adenanthos cygnorum (Proteaceae) to extend its range into severely phosphorus-impoverished habitats
Background and aimsIn extremely low-phosphorus (P) environments, most Proteaceae exude carboxylates from cluster roots. These carboxylates mobilise...
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Using semiochemicals to predict biotic resistance and facilitation of introduced species
Invasive species are leading causes of biodiversity loss and economic damage. Prevention and management of invasions requires risk assessments based...
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Unravelling facilitation among introduced species, a mechanistic approach
Interspecific facilitation is a widely recognized process structuring natural communities. Benthic invertebrates are known to facilitate other...
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Species-specific facilitation shapes primary successional communities under nurse trees in an abandoned slag dump
Facilitation by nurse plants shapes community development during primary succession. Human activity—especially in urban settings—has created...
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Relative Performance of Woody Vegetation in Response to Facilitation by Coriaria nepalensis in Central Himalaya, India
AbstractA comparative study of four Coriaria nepalensis (hereafter Coriaria ) dominated sites has been conducted to evaluate the facilitation effects...
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Newly introduced butterfly species’ urban habitat use driven by shorter vegetation and exotic plants
The successful establishment of an exotic species is based on its resource-based habitat, and thus depends on its encountering the interaction...
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Friends and foes: competition experiments reveal growth facilitation and interference between cyanobacteria and diatom strains in microbial mats
Community dynamics within microbial mat assemblages are complex, likely involving intricate metabolic linkages. Interactions between microbes shape...
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Linking Neotropical riparian and stream food webs: nocturnal foraging behavior and facilitation among decapods in response to added palm fruit
Freshwater macroinvertebrates can connect tropical forests and stream food webs by consuming both terrestrially and aquatically produced foods, but...
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Spatial analysis reveals facilitation in young clonal trees and competition in older trees during re-invasion of encroaching trees in an African savanna
Spatial analysis has revealed interesting patterns of woody plant encroachment that were not previously revealed by conventional analyses. We...
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Interactions between invaders: facilitation of boring bivalves leads to reduced adhesive strength of sun corals
Sun corals ( Tubastraea spp.) have invaded the SW Atlantic coast in the 1980s, saturating vertical walls at heavily impacted areas. More recently, the...
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Room for rent: how habitat and materials influence the use of insect nesting boxes
The decline of pollinator populations and associated ecosystem services has gained media coverage in recent years. Insect nesting boxes, sometimes...
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Coexistence of two sympatric predators in a transitional ecosystem under constraining environmental conditions: a perspective from space and habitat use
BackgroundRange expansion of species, a major consequence of climate changes, may alter communities substantially due to competition between...
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Co-occurrence patterns and habitat selection of the mountain hare, European hare, and European rabbit in urban areas of Sweden
Assessing the underlying mechanisms of species co-occurrence patterns can be challenging as biotic and abiotic factors are hard to disentangle. To...
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Habitat loss causes long extinction transients in small trophic chains
Transients in ecology are extremely important since they determine how equilibria are approached. The debate on the dynamic stability of ecosystems...
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Extensive spatial impacts of oyster reefs on an intertidal mudflat community via predator facilitation
Habitat engineers make strong and far-reaching imprints on ecosystem processes. In intertidal mudflats, the dominant primary producer,...
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Effects of habitat quality on abundance, size and growth of mussel recruits
Recruitment of mussels is a complex process with the successful arrival of individuals hinging on the availability of suitable habitats. We examined...
