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Overgrowth competition or facilitation from cushion plants: Implication for the role of plant-plant interactions

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Feb 08, 2023 version files 11.01 KB

Abstract

Our data reports the annual growth and age of the shrub Caragana versicolor overgrown or free of the cushion plant Thylacospermum ceaspitosum. The observations and sampling were performed at ~5000 m.a.s.l., on the East facing slope of the Korzok range, on the North-Eastern side of Lake Tso Moriri above Korzok village (4522 m a.s.l.). Our study demonstrates that the growth of Caragana versicolor is repressed by the competitive effect of the cushion plant Thylacospermum ceaspitosum, and shows no evidence of facilitation between the two co-occurring species.