They concluded that microsites in the understory are more favourable for establishment, whereas the canopy offers better growth conditions for established individuals.
Contact areas might represent ecotones for edaphic and hydrological parameters being more favourable for the establishment of hybrids (e.g., [ 29]).
Wetland hydrologic design, which provided conditions favourable for the establishment of many species while gaps and low-nutrient sediment (sand and gravel) were present, was, nonetheless, a wetland disturbance, available for establishment by Phragmites.
In general, however, riverine forests in African savannas show a high percentage of even-aged stands of trees, indicating that hydrological factors are important for tree regeneration because they provide spasmodically favourable circumstances for establishment (Hughes, 1988).
The large majority germinate rapidly following the water retreat, when environmental conditions are more favourable to seedling establishment (Parolin et al., 2002; Ferreira et al., 2007; Oliveira-Wittmann et al., 2010).
Together, our data reveal an unexpected combination between an antiproliferative and a pro-angiogenic function of HIF2α that actually seems to be favourable to the establishment of neuroblastomas in vivo.
The amelioration of radiation, thermal and water stresses by P. pusilla changes the abiotic conditions of its habitat to one more favourable for the establishment of other woody species, through the process of nucleated succession.
Dormancy is the inability to germinate under optimal environmental conditions, allowing persistence in soil seed banks for extended periods of time, after which germination is completed only when environmental conditions are favourable for the establishment of a new plant generation [ 52].
The presence of soil desiccation cracks generated low salinity patches which facilitated favourable niches for plant establishment.
Notwithstanding the limited sample sizes or the fact that the trial site may have been more or less favourable than others for establishment and juvenile growth, it may still be possible to compare "performance" metrics with other species for which root data exists.
