Under strong niche overlap conspecifics do not compete but help each other to survive: facilitation at the intraspecific level

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Seasonal differentiation in density‐dependent seedling survival in a tropical rain forest (2012, result): “This runs contrary to the stress gradient hypothesis, which proposes that facilitative interactions among plants become more dominant than competitive interactions with increasing physical harshness of the environment (e.g. Maestre et al. 2009; Fajardo & Mclntire 2011).”
Agglomerating seeds to enhance native seedling emergence and growth (2012, background): “Facilitation often outweighs competition effects in harsh and resource-limited environments (Hunter & Aarssen1988; Bertness & Callaway 1994; Callaway &Walker 1997; Brooker & Callaghan 1998; Fajardo & McIntire 2011).”