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Effect of shrubs and seasonal variability of rainfall on the establishment of Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco in two edaphically contrasting environments

Barchuk, AH; Valiente-Banuet, A; Diaz, MP (2005)

Three experiments were conducted to verify if an increase in environmental stress level would affect the interactions between two species of nurse shrubs and seedlings of Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco. This is a mesic ...
Nurse rocks are more important than nurse plants in determining the distribution and establishment of globose cacti (Mammillaria) in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

Peters, EM; Martorell-Delgado, Carlos; Ezcurra, E (2008)

While it is widely acknowledged that nurse-plants facilitate the establishment of seedlings in drylands, there are several anecdotal reports on associations between cacti and rocks. We assessed the preference for rocks or ...

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