Is facilitation a true species interaction?

Pablo Munguia; Alfredo Fernandez Ojanguren; Andrew N. Evans; Laura Ryckman; Brad Gemmell; Colt Cook; Geoffrey Hensgen

doi:10.2174/1874213000902010083

Is facilitation a true species interaction?

Pablo Munguia, Alfredo Fernandez Ojanguren, Andrew N. Evans, Laura Ryckman, Brad Gemmell, Colt Cook, Geoffrey Hensgen

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Abstract

Current ecological literature considers facilitation to be a positive interaction alongside symbiosis or mutualism. But unlike these interactions, the fitness of one of the species involved in facilitation remains unaffected which precludes coevolution. Therefore, we believe that facilitation is not a true species interaction and should be kept within the framework of succession.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-85
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Open Ecology Journal
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/1874213000902010083
Publication status	Published - 2009

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