Facilitation in Plant Communities

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Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research (2008, background): “At higher biomass other factors, for example, an increasing impact of facilitation in these water-limited systems (Brooker et al. 2008), may be limiting the role of competition.”
Positive interactions among plant species for pollinator service: assessing the 'magnet species' concept with invasive species (2008, background): “Amelioration of physical stress by one or more facilitator species is the most common facilitation mechanism reported for plants (Callaway and Pugnaire 1999, Pugnaire and Luque 2001, Callaway et al. 2002, Molina-Montenegro et al. 2005).”
The role of nurse plants in the restoration of degraded environments (2006, background): “The underlying mechanisms relate mainly to the improvement of microclimatic conditions, increased water and nutrient availability, and protection against herbivory (Panel 1; also see Callaway 1995; Callaway and Pugnaire 1999).”
Herbivore and neighbour effects on tundra plants depend on species identity, nutrient availability and local environmental conditions (2007, background): “…amelioration by dense shrub cover (e.g. water retention and shelter against wind) are offset by extreme soil conditions (as discussed earlier) (Brooker et al. 2007), which maintain speciespoor habitats where only a small group of ericaceous dwarf shrubs [i.e. the good nutrient competitors of…”