Benefits of using shrubs as nurse plants for reforestation in Mediterranean mountains: a 4-year study

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7 pages, 3 figures, 50 references. We thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de\udAndalucía, for constant support and facilities. We are also\udespecially grateful to the Direction of the National Park\udfor permission to work in Sierra Nevada and to Empresa\udde Transformación Agraria S.A. (TRAGSA) for carrying\udout the experimental reforestation. Daniel García kindly helped in the fieldwork, and two anonymous reviewers\udprovided helpful comments that improved the manuscript.\udDavid Nesbitt provided linguistic advice.