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36. Warming had contrasting effects on the importance of facilitative interactions with a cushion nurse species on native and non‐native species in the high‐Andes of central Chile L. Cavieres et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10296
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40. Cushion plants act as facilitators for soil microarthropods in high alpine Sweden P. Ľuptáčik et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02247-y
41. Fine Scale Patterns and Drivers of Plant Species Richness on a Sub‐Antarctic Island J. Tsamba et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70015
42. Effect of cushion plants on the soil seed bank in overgrazed semiarid regions R. Erfanzadeh et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3517
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47. Rhizosphere effect of three plant species of environment under periglacial conditions (Majella Massif, central Italy) L. Massaccesi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.07.010
48. A multi-scale approach reveals random phylogenetic patterns at the edge of vascular plant life Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2017.10.002
49. A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs C. Schöb et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12641
50. Consequences of facilitation: one plant's benefit is another plant's cost C. Schöb et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12185
51. How cushion plant communities structure nival soil biodiversity: A metabarcoding study in the French Alps K. Dumas et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.08.002
52. Community restructuring can maintain diversity across a severity gradient in the absence of foundation species L. Harris et al. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00242.1
53. The influence of cushion plants on soil fertility islands under their canopies with ontogenesis in an extreme alpine ecosystem R. Zhao https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05798-3
54. Effects of foundation species above and below tree line R. Gavilán & R. Callaway https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2016.1200687
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56. Shift from facilitative to neutral interactions by the cushion plant Silene acaulis along a primary succession gradient U. Kjær et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12584
57. Warming enhances growth but does not affect plant interactions in an alpine cushion species F. Pugnaire et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125530
58. Testing the role of functional trait expression in plant–plant facilitation S. van der Merwe et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13681
59. Leaf litter of a dominant cushion plant shifts nitrogen mineralization to immobilization at high but not low temperature in an alpine meadow Y. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2216-4
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61. Fine nurse variations explain discrepancies in the stress‐interaction relationship in alpine regions F. Anthelme et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04248
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63. Nitrogen‐fixing cushion Astragalus siculus modulates soil fertility, microclimate, plant facilitation, bacterial and fungal microbiota along an elevation gradient G. Bonanomi et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13193
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67. Variation in plant functional groups indicates land degradation on the Tibetan Plateau J. Luo et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36028-5
68. Shrub facilitation is an important driver of alpine plant community diversity and functional composition M. Ballantyne & C. Pickering https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0910-z
69. Soil under nurse plants is always better than outside: a survey on soil amelioration by a complete guild of nurse plants across a long environmental gradient M. Mihoč et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2908-z