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Nurse Plants

Nurse Plants is an ecological facilitation strategy in which certain plant species enhance the establishment and growth of target tree species in tropical forest restoration by providing beneficial microenvironmental conditions, thereby accelerating succession and improving restoration outcomes.

305

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18.5K

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933

Authors

426

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2017–2026

62

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Nurse Plant

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Publications

305

THE INTERPLAY OF FACILITATION AND COMPETITION IN PLANT COMMUNITIES

Milena Holmgren, Marten Scheffer, Michael A. Huston · Ecology · 1997 · 1K citations

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Effect of Nurse Plants on the Microhabitat and Growth of Cacti

Augusto C. Franco, Park S. Nobel · Journal of Ecology · 1989 · 592 citations

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Shade as a Cause of the Association Between the Cactus Neobuxbaumia Tetetzo and the Nurse Plant Mimosa Luisana in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet, Exequiel Ezcurra · Journal of Ecology · 1991 · 506 citations

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Are nurse‐protégé interactions more common among plants from arid environments?

Joel Flores, Enrique Jurado · Journal of Vegetation Science · 2003 · 397 citations

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Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited

Milena Holmgren, Marten Scheffer · Journal of Ecology · 2010 · 383 citations

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Authors

933

  1. LA
    Lohengrin A. Cavieres

    University of Concepción, Chile

    10 publications · 918 citations

    10

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  2. JF
    Joel Flores

    Institute for Scientific and Technological Research, Mexico

    9 publications · 897 citations

    9

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  3. MV
    Miguel Verdú

    Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació, Spain

    9 publications · 373 citations

    9

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  4. AV
    Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

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  5. EI
    Ernesto I. Badano

    Institute for Scientific and Technological Research, Mexico

    7 publications · 501 citations

    7

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Institutions

426

  1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    18 h-index

    35 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. Instituto de Ecología

    Xalapa, Mexico

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Institute for Scientific and Technological Research

    San Luis Potosí City, Mexico

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació

    Valencia, Spain

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, Spain

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    748 citations

  7. University of Concepción

    Concepción, Chile

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

    Santiago, Chile

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 31 publications · 2.7K citations

    26

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  2. Restoration Ecology

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  3. Forest Ecology and Management

    17 publications · 624 citations

    14

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  4. Journal of Ecology

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

    10

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  5. Ecology

    9 publications · 2K citations

    9

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