Dear Ecolog, We had an interesting collaborative idea for a growth chamber experiment protocol to examine the capacity for shrubs to influence some basic measures of annual plant seeds that often grow under the canopy (but are found in the open too) in deserts. We proofed the protocol and published an example in Austral Ecology. However, would love to do this for many annuals in deserts.
Here is a post on our lab blog/notebook online: http://www.ecoblender.org/additional-info- collaboration-invite-nurse-plant-effects-on-the-seed-biology-and-germination-of-desert-annuals/ If you have questions or interest in the idea, please pop me a note. cheers, chris lortie.
