Abstract Across the southwestern United States, high-severity wildfire is causing
increasingly large areas of tree mortality and removing the seed sources required for the …

Introduction Shrub promotes the survival, growth and reproduction of understory species by
buffering the environmental extremes and improving limited resources (ie, facilitation effect) …

Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

Using nurse shrubs to improve tree seedling establishment in stressed environments is a
common practice in forestry. Recent refinements of the stress‐gradient hypothesis suggest …

Soil microorganisms and physicochemical properties are considered the two most
influencing factors for maintaining plant diversity. However, the operational mechanisms and …

Climate change is expected to lead to a drier world, with more frequent and severe droughts,
constituting a growing threat to biodiversity, especially in drylands. Positive plant− plant …

The spatial configuration of vascular vegetation has been linked to variations in land
degradation and ecosystem functioning in drylands. However, most studies on spatial …

Plant growth is influenced by interactions with neighbouring plants. The strength and
direction of the cumulative neighbourhood effect on growth can depend on neighbour …

Interactions among neighbours can alter demography and traits of commingled species via
adaptation or plasticity in phenotypic expression, and understanding these two mechanisms …

Interaction effects of different stressors, such as extreme drought and plant invasion, can
have detrimental effects on ecosystem functioning and recovery after drought. With ongoing …