Nurse rocks are more important than nurse plants in determining the distribution and establishment of globose cacti (Mammillaria) in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

By E. Peters, C. Martorell, E. Ezcurra. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. C. Allen
2. Regino Zamora
3. J. Castro

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Regino Zamora
2. J. Castro
3. C. Allen
4. L. Gómez‐Aparicio
5. J. Hódar
6. J. Gómez
7. Alistair S. Jump
8. Luis Matías

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• Salvage Logging Versus the Use of Burnt Wood as a Nurse Object to Promote Post‐Fire Tree Seedling Establishment (2011, background): “Recent studies support the contention that natural nurse objects such as rocks (Smit et al. 2005; Munguı́a-Rosas & Sosa 2008; Peters et al. 2008) or cut branches mimicking nurse canopies (Gómez-Aparicio et al. 2005; Padilla & Pugnaire 2008) can provide more favorable microclimatic conditions,…”