Rates of change in tree communities following major disturbances are determined by a
complex set of interactions between local site factors, landscape history and structure …

Tropical dry forests are the most threatened tropical terrestrial ecosystem. However, few
studies have been conducted on the natural regeneration necessary to restore these forests …

Land-use change occurs nowhere more rapidly than in the tropics, where the imbalance
between deforestation and forest regrowth has large consequences for the global carbon …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …

Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being
cleared, while secondary forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural lands increase in …

Although increasing efforts are being made to restore tropical forests, little information is
available regarding the time scales required for carbon and plant biodiversity to recover to …

Understanding tropical forest succession is critical for the development of tropical forest
conservation strategies worldwide, given that tropical secondary forests can be considered …

The nutrient demands of regrowing tropical forests are partly satisfied by nitrogen-fixing
legume trees, but our understanding of the abundance of those species is biased towards …

Land degradation is widespread and a serious threat affecting the livelihoods of 1.5 billion
people worldwide of which one sixth or 250 million people reside in drylands. Globally, it is …