EcologyOecologiaPeer-reviewed
Quantifying potential abiotic drivers of the nurse-plant effect in two dominant shrub species of the northern Chihuahuan Desert
Scott M. Ferrenberg, Akasha M. Faist, Brooke B. Osborne, Steven R. Lee
This study quantifies abiotic drivers of the nurse-plant effect in two shrub species in the Chihuahuan Desert, finding that radiation interception and temperature reduction, not soil water availability, explain most of the variance.