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Trait divergence and indirect interactions allow facilitation of congeneric species

Author(s) -

Elisa Beltrán,

Alfonso ValienteBanuet,

Miguel Verdú

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs089

Subject(s) - biology , facilitation , competition (biology) , coexistence theory , ecology , trait , interspecific competition , intraspecific competition , divergence (linguistics) , niche , evolutionary biology , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , computer science , programming language

Plant facilitation occurs when the presence of a plant (i.e. a nurse plant) modifies the environment, making it more favourable for the establishment and survival of other species (i.e. facilitated plants), which can germinate and grow nearby. Facilitative associations can be maintained or turned into competition as the facilitated seedling grows. According to the competition-relatedness hypothesis that suggests that closely related species tend to compete more, facilitation turns into competition between phylogenetically close species. However, some examples of facilitation between congeneric species, which are supposed to be closely related species, have been found in nature.

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