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Aim: Convergent evolution and environmental filtering are assumed to often result in deterministic patterns of vegetation structure and function in relation to prevailing environmental …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12082) Questions: What are the effects of root competition from mature plants and soil type on the survival and growth of dominant grass and succulent shrub seedlings at an ecotonal site between …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-010-9864-0) Nearest-neighbour analysis was used to examine the competitive interactions between Stipagrostis brevifolia, a C4 perennial grass, and two leaf succulent shrubs, Ruschia robusta and …