Resprouting as a response to disturbance is now widely recognized as a key functional trait
among woody plants and as the basis for the persistence niche. However, the underlying …

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 …

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

Land-use history interacts with natural forces to influence the severity of disturbance events
and the rate and nature of recovery processes in tropical forests. Although we are far from an …

The abundant research examining aspects of social-ecological resilience, vulnerability, and
hazards and risk assessment has yielded insights into these concepts and suggested the …

Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently
facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. Pressures …

Tropical cyclones drive coastal ecosystem dynamics, and their frequency, intensity, and
spatial distribution are predicted to shift with climate change. Patterns of resistance and …

Quantitative approaches to measure and assess resilience are needed to bridge gaps
between science, policy and management. In this paper, we revisit definitions of resilience …

A central goal of functional ecology is to determine how independent functional traits are
selectively filtered by environmental conditions to improve our understanding of the …

Wind disturbance is an important ecological force in the tropics, especially in the cyclonic
and hurricane zones from about 7–20° latitude. Damage from intense winds may be …