• Facilitation mediates species presence beyond their environmental optimum 

      O'Brien, Michael J; de Menezes, Luis Fernando Tavares; Bråthen, Kari Anne; Losapio, Gianalberto; Pugnaire, Francisco I. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-01)
      Species distributions are driven by abiotic conditions that filter species with specific traits and physiological tolerances and match them with their suitable environment. Plant–plant interactions can constrict (through competition) or loosen (through facilitation) the strength of these environmental filters, which in turn inhibit or enhance establishment and recruitment of plant species at a finer ...
    • Home-field advantage effects in litter decomposition is largely linked to litter quality 

      Pugnaire, Francisco I.; Aares, Karoline Helene; Alifriqui, Mohamed; Bråthen, Kari Anne; Kindler, Christian; Schöb, Christian; Manrique, Esteban (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-03)
      Climate change and associated environmental alterations affect plant communities, potentially decoupling links between plants and their associated soil microbial communities. This may in turn affect processes like litter decomposition, an important function that controls nutrient and carbon cycling as well as many other ecosystem processes. Microbial decomposers have been proposed to specialize, ...