Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

Journal of Ecology

How to Cite

Brooker, R. W., Maestre, F. T., Callaway, R. M., Lortie, C. L., Cavieres, L. A., Kunstler, G., Liancourt, P., Tielbörger, K., Travis, J. M. J., Anthelme, F., Armas, C., Coll, L., Corcket, E., Delzon, S., Forey, E., Kikvidze, Z., Olofsson, J., Pugnaire, F., Quiroz, C. L., Saccone, P., Schiffers, K., Seifan, M., Touzard, B. and Michalet, R. (2008), Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future. Journal of Ecology, 96: 18–34. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01295.x

Author Information

1. 1

   The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeenshire AB15 8QH, UK,

2. 2

   Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, ESCET, C/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Spain,

3. 3

   Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA,

4. 4

   Biology Department, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada,

5. 5

   Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Concepción and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Concepción, Chile,

6. 6

   Cemagref – Unité de Recherche Ecosystèmes Montagnards, 2, rue de la Papeterie, B.P. 76, 38402 St-Martin-D’Heres cedex, France,

7. 7

   University of Tübingen, Institute for Botany, Plant Ecology Department, Auf der Morgenstelle 1 72076 Tübingen, Germany,

8. 8

   School of Biological Sciences, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK,

9. 9

   IRD, UMR 1097, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France,

10. 10

    Department of Biology, Box 90338, FFSC, Room 3304, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA,

11. 11

    Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya / Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia, Pujada del Seminari s/n, 25280-Solsona, Spain,

12. 12

    University Bordeaux 1, Community Ecology Group, UMR INRA 1202 BIOGECO, 33405 Talence, France,

13. 13

    Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 04001 Almeria, Spain,

14. 14

    Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden,

15. 15

    Department of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 2, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

^* *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: R. Brooker. Tel. +44 (0)1224 498200. E-mail: r.brooker@macaulay.ac.uk.

Publication History

1. Issue online: 6 SEP 2007
2. Version of Record online: 6 SEP 2007
3. Received 20 March 2007; accepted 3 July 2007 ; Handling Editor: David Gibson