More frequent deposition of seeds by frugivores beneath plants in fruit could impose spatial limits to the distribution of plants dispersed by animals and contribute to species coexistence. Also, differences in diet and ...

Regeneration microsites are characterized by diverse combinations of attributes which assure the best conditions for seed germination and seedling establishment. By understanding these attributes, we can contribute to ...

The dynamics of invasive plant populations are intriguing and informative of the importance of population and community-level processes. A dominant approach to understanding and describing invasion has been the development ...

A critical stage in the establishment of new individuals is seedling emergence and litter is a main factor affecting this stage. Recent research found that adults of Chuquiraga avellanedae are overdispersed. Among several ...

Polylepis australis (“tabaquillo”) grows in the high mountains of central Argentina, where we set up 76 square study plots of 900 m2. To determine dispersal distance, we distributed 6 seed traps per plot in and around 20 ...

Con el fin de determinar si los micrositios de establecimiento están limitando el reclutamiento de las plántulas y la regeneración de Espeletia uribei, un frailejón endémico y valor objeto de conservación del Parque Nacional ...

In patchy environments of arid Patagonia, males of the dioecious grass Poa ligularis dominate in N-poor microsites, while females are more common in N-rich microsites. In order to explore functional differences related to ...

In degraded dry environments, a promising restoration strategy involves nurse plants and their microsites, which facilitate species recruitment. Different nurse plant species might provide different microclimatic and soil ...