Restoration ecology is a young academic field, but one with enough history to judge it
against past and current expectations of the science's potential. The practice of ecological …

We review and synthesize recent developments in the study of the invasion of communities
in heterogeneous environments, considering both the invasibility of the community and …

Background In forests subject to stand‐replacing disturbances, conventional models of
succession typically overlook early‐seral stages as a simple re‐organization/establishment …

Introduction: This paper surveys a framework for vegetation dynamics to provide conceptual
background for a series of papers addressing the role of vegetation dynamics in restoration …

Regeneration of seminatural grasslands are often threatened by the invasion of
Calamagrostis epigejos, which can slow down or arrest secondary succession. Here we …

This Special Feature focuses on lowland fens and flood plains. In this introduction we
discuss the most important mire‐related terms, present status, threats and conservation and …

While ecological dogma holds that rates of community change decrease over the course of
succession, this idea has yet to be tested systematically across a wide variety of …

In this study, I analyzed the natural recovery of grasslands on abandoned agricultural fields
in the Transylvanian Lowland (Câmpia Transilvaniei), Romania. I examined fields that were …

Question Based on the spontaneous vegetation development of old‐fields in the N yírség
and K iskunság sand regions (H ungary), we aimed to answer the following questions using …

Questions (i) Which species dominate mid‐successional old‐fields in H ungary? H ow does
the identity of these species relate to local (patch‐scale) diversity and to the progress of …