Neltuma nigra 33 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Nurse trees promote changes in abiotic conditions (shade, litter, exposed soil) relative to open areas.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Treatment

Nurse treese1

Outcome

abiotice1

Direction

promotinge1

Qualifier

provide shade, increased litter, decreased exposed soile1

Comparator

open arease2

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e1

“Nurse trees play an important role in the assembly of the plant community, promoting changes in abiotic (provide shade, increased litter, decreased exposed soil) and biotic (decreased herbaceous abundance) conditions”

e2

“We carried out a paired vegetation survey in 30 circular plots (under trees and in open areas)”

Claim · model-written summary

Nurse trees decrease herbaceous abundance under their canopies.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Treatment

Nurse treese1

Outcome

herbaceous abundancee1

Direction

decreasede1

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e1

“Nurse trees play an important role in the assembly of the plant community, promoting changes in abiotic (provide shade, increased litter, decreased exposed soil) and biotic (decreased herbaceous abundance) conditions”

Claim · model-written summary

Nurse trees provide microhabitat for herbaceous and woody plants.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Treatment

Nurse treese1

Outcome

microhabitate3

Direction

providee3

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e1

“Nurse trees play an important role in the assembly of the plant community, promoting changes in abiotic (provide shade, increased litter, decreased exposed soil) and biotic (decreased herbaceous abundance) conditions”

e3

“Consequently, they provide microhabitat for herbaceous and woody plants”

Claim · model-written summary

The nurse tree species are decisive for plant community assembly in park grassland.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Outcome

assembly of the plant communitye4

Setting

park grasslande4

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e4

“These tree species are decisive in the assembly of the plant community in park grassland”

Claim · model-written summary

Conservation of these tree species is fundamental for maintaining associated species.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Outcome

maintenance of associated speciese5

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e5

“their conservation is fundamental for the maintenance of associated species”

Claim · model-written summary

Nurse trees may act as nuclei for woody forest plants and possibly contribute to long-term forest expansion.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Outcome

forest expansione6

Qualifier

act as nuclei for woody plants typical of forestse6

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e6

“they can act as nuclei for woody plants typical of forests and possibly contribute to forest expansion in the long term”

Claim · model-written summary

These tree species show potential for application in ecological restoration.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Outcome

application in ecological restoratione7

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e7

“Given the nursing role they play, these tree species demonstrate potential for application in ecological restoration, as well as promoting the conservation of local biodiversity in park grasslands”

Claim · model-written summary

Promoting conservation of these tree species conserves local biodiversity in park grasslands.

Taxon

Prosopis affinis, Prosopis nigra, and AspidospermaAspidospermaNeltuma affinisNeltuma nigrae0

Outcome

conservation of local biodiversitye7

Verbatim

e0

“three nurse tree species typical of park grassland ( Prosopis affinis , Prosopis nigra, and Aspidosperma”

e7

“Given the nursing role they play, these tree species demonstrate potential for application in ecological restoration, as well as promoting the conservation of local biodiversity in park grasslands”

Claim · model-written summary

Seeds of S. lorentzii and N. nigra germinated in the laboratory at under 7%, a significant difference.

Taxon

S. lorentzii and N. nigraNeltuma nigraSchinopsis lorentziie1

Outcome

germinated in the laboratorye1

Value

<7%e1

Qualifier

p < 0.0001e1

Setting

laboratorye1

Verbatim

e0

“The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fire on the recruitment of six woody species sown at two soil depths”

e1

“No emergence occurred from seeds on the litter layer, but S. lorentzii and N. nigra germinated in the laboratory (<7%, significant difference, p < 0.0001)”

Claim · model-written summary

Field recruitment regenerated A. quebracho-blanco, N. nigra and S. gilliesii in the burnt area.

Taxon

A. quebracho-blanco, N. nigra, and S. gilliesiiAspidosperma quebracho-blancoNeltuma nigraSenegalia gilliesiie3

Outcome

regeneratione3

Qualifier

with variations in seedling size and densitye3

Setting

burnt areae3

Verbatim

e0

“The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fire on the recruitment of six woody species sown at two soil depths”

e3

“Field recruitment revealed regeneration of A. quebracho-blanco, N. nigra, and S. gilliesii in the burnt area, with variations in seedling size and density”