Introducing ecosystem engineers for grassland biodiversity conservation: A review of the effects of hemiparasitic Rhinanthus species on plant and animal communities …

C Chaudron, M Mazalová, T Kuras, I Malenovský… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parasitic plants have a strong negative effect on the growth of their hosts. On the community
scale, parasitism can change competitive relationships among individuals, facilitate …

[PDF][PDF]  Root hemiparasites suppress invasive alien clonal plants: evidence from a cultivation experiment

T Těšitelová, K Knotková, A Knotek, H Cempírková… - …, 2024 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Alien invasive plants threaten biodiversity by rapid spread and competitive exclusion of
native plant species. Especially, tall clonal invasives can rapidly attain strong dominance in …

Root hemiparasitic plants are associated with more even communities across North America

J Hodžić, I Pearse, EM Beaury, JD Corbin, JD Bakker - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Root hemiparasitic plants both compete with and extract resources from host plants. By
reducing the abundance of dominant plants and releasing subordinates from competitive …