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Tropical and subtropical high mountains forests are mainly situated within ravines. Two alternative and often confronted explanations have been proposed for this pattern: that abiotic environmental conditions are favourable for tree establishment only within ravines, or that ravines are less affected by grazing and fires which negatively affect establishment in other sites. Here we propose a mixed...