Facilitation by two exotic Acacia: Acacia auriculiformis and Acacia mangium as nurse plants in South China

By Long Yang, Nan Liu, H. Ren, Jun Wang. 2009

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Global shifts towards positive species interactions with increasing environmental stress. (2013, background): “It should be noted, however, that grasses have been identified as facilitators (Bertness & Ewanchuk 2002; Van Uytvanck et al. 2008), shrubs/trees as competitors (Dullinger et al. 2005), and exotics as facilitators (Yang et al. 2009) under certain conditions.”
Interactions among soil, plants, and microorganisms drive secondary succession in a dry environment (2014, background): “The increase in plant cover with time enhances the accretion of organic material such as litter and roots in soils, and consequently favors the accumulation of soil organic C (Pugnaire et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2009).”