Nurses for Brosimum alicastrum reintroduction in secondary tropical dry forest

Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America: A review of pattern and process

“…Seedlings display greater growth and survival under nurse trees as long as cattle are excluded (Williams-Linera et al, 1998;Sanchez-Velazquez et al, 2004;Santiago-Garcia et al, 2008). In Puerto Rico, seedlings showed greater performance beneath the canopy of isolated trees of …”

Comparisons of Mayan forest management, restoration, and conservation

“…B. alicastrum is planted in both Nuevo Becal and Santa Elena. Interestingly, Sánchez-Velásquez et al (2004) used nurse trees of different species to assist in reestablishing B. alicastrum in Western Mexico forests. Whereas, in southern Mexico in Nuevo Becal, B. alicastrum is the nurse tree utilized.…”

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

“…The nursing effect may result from many factors including crown architecture, shading increment, temperature buffering, increases in soil moisture and nutrition, protection against herbivores, and enhancement of beneficial soil organisms (Padilla and Pugnaire, 2006;Callaway, 2007). The biology and usefulness of nurse plants have been investigated in many degraded habitats, including Mediterranean mountains, alpine habitats, arid deserts, semi-arid shrublands, savannas, ecotones between farmland and pasture, tropical sub-humid forests, and marshes (Bertness and Yeh, 1994;Callaway et al, 1996;Carrillo-Garcia et al, 1999;Castro et al, 2002;Arroyo et al, 2003;Sanchez-Velasquez et al, 2004;Armas and Pugnaire, 2005;Aerts et al, 2006). Recently, we began investigating the ecology of nurse plants in South China .…”