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SUBMITTER: Zhang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200521 1
Facilitation studies typically compare plants under differential stress levels with and without neighbors, while the density of neighbors has rarely been addressed. However, recent empirical studies indicate that facilitation may be density-dependent too and peak at intermediate neighbor densities. Here, we propose a conceptual model to incorporate density-dependence into theory about changes of plant-plant interactions under stress. To test our predictions, we combine an individual-based model ...[more]