Competition and facilitation determine dwarf mistletoe infection dynamics

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 775 - 785
• Main Authors: Queijeiro-Bolaños, Mónica E., González, Edgar J., Martorell, Carlos, Cano-Santana, Zenón
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.05.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Arceuthobium; Arceuthobium globosum; Arceuthobium vaginatum; Coexistence; Colonization; Competition; Environmental factors; Forest management; forests; Heterogeneity; hosts; interaction shift; interspecific interactions; intraguild facilitation; intraspecific competition; invasibility criterion; Mutualism; Parasitic plants; Pinus; Pinus hartwegii; plant population dynamics; Plant populations; Plant–plant interactions; Population growth; Resource availability; Santalales; stand structure; trees

1. Interspecific interactions have a fundamental role in plant population dynamics, as they may set the conditions for species coexistence. Parasitic plants, like dwarf mistletoes, offer the opportunity to study competition for resources that are different from those consumed by most plants, allowin...