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Let \(K\) be a closed convex subset of a complex Hilbert space \(H\) and \(A\) a nonlinear quasi-\(m\)-accretive operator with domain \(D(A)\) dense in \(H\) (that is, \(A+\alpha\) is \(m\)-accretive in \(H\) for some \(\alpha\geq 0)\). Then \(-A\) generates a nonlinear \(C_0\)-semigroup \(\{S(t)\}_{t\geq 0}\) of type \(\alpha\) on \(H\). In the present paper (from the viewpoint of the general theory of convex functions), the author presents several criteria to guarantee that \[ S(t) \bigl(\overline {D(A)}\cap K)\subset K\text{ for all }t\geq 0, \] and applies this result to semigroups generated by nonlinear elliptic operators. In particular, it is shown that \(K(\theta)= \{u\in H:|\arg u|\leq\theta\}\), \(0\leq\theta \leq{\pi\over 2}\), is invariant under nonlinear \(C_0\)-semigroups of ``type \(\alpha\)''.