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The nurse-plant syndrome (see Franco and Nobel 1989) takes place when plant species shelter seedlings, young and/or adult individuals of other species through their ontogeny. The nurse-plant might then enhance fitness, survival and/or growth of associated species (Callaway et al. 2002; Bruno et al. 2003). However, positive and negative interactions are unlikely to occur separately in nature (Holmgren et al. 1997; Brooker and Callaghan 1998; Dickie et al. 2005). This balance is affected by spatial and temporal shifts (Morris and Wood 1989; Tielbörger and Kadmon 1997; Callaway 1998) related to plant ontogenetic development and/or changes in resource availability (Callaway and Walker 1997). For instance, the overall importance of positive interactions on community structure, such as the nurse-plant syndrome, is claimed to be higher in resource-poor environments (Callaway et al. 2002; Lortie and Callaway 2006).
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Dias, A.T.C., Scarano, F.R. (2007). Clusia as Nurse Plant. In: Lüttge, U. (eds) Clusia. Ecological Studies, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37243-1_5
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