1995
DOI: 10.2307/1940923
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Competition vs. Facilitation of Tree Seedling Growth and Survival in Early Successional Communities

Abstract: Competition has been widely assumed to be one of the principal mechanisms underlying the resistance of shrub and herbaceous communities to invasion by trees. However, there are potential mechanisms by which low-growing species, particularly in physically stressful sites, could enhance growth or survival of tree seedlings (facilitation). The balance of inhibition and facilitation will determine the net effects of a community on tree seedling growth and survival. We conducted a large-scale field experiment to qu… Show more

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“…The net effect of established scrub on seedling recruitment is a speciesspecific balance of facilitation and inhibition (cf. Berkowitz et al 1995).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The net effect of established scrub on seedling recruitment is a speciesspecific balance of facilitation and inhibition (cf. Berkowitz et al 1995).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We suspect that established seedlings in the intact vegetation were less exposed to direct solar radiation and better protected from heat and drought than in openings. Berkowitz et al (1995) proposed similar mechanisms for the facilitation of survival of maple seedlings. In addition, a reduced transpiration surface of the sward, due to grazing or mowing, may have led to increased soil water availability (cf.…”
Section: Seedling Survivalmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…However, under dry weather conditions, the moist microclimatic conditions within the sward may be more favourable than exposed soil. Therefore, gaps may also have negative or neutral effects on tree seedling emergence (Burton & Bazzaz 1991;DeSteven 1991;Gill & Marks 1991) and survival (Berkowitz et al 1995).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cependant, l'effet du "bon site" contrebalance en partie l'effet de la compĂ©tition qui se traduit par une rĂ©duction de la croissance (Berkowitz et al 1995). Par consĂ©quent, il est pratiquement impossible de sĂ©parer la densitĂ© des arbres de la qualitĂ© du site.…”
Section: Croissanceunclassified