Trait‐based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community
assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to …

Replanting trees helps with avoiding desertification, reducing the chances of soil erosion
and flooding, minimizing the risks of zoonotic disease outbreaks, and providing ecosystem …

Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

Mining has been, and remains, an integral part of human existence from Stone Age quarries
through to the iron and coal that fueled the industrial revolution, to the new materials needed …

Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

Seed coating is the practice of covering seeds with external materials to improve handling,
protection, and, to a lesser extent, germination enhancement and plant establishment. With …

High temperatures, soil salinity, a lack of available water, loose soils with reduced water
holding, and low soil fertility are obstacles to restoration efforts in degraded drylands and …

Seed persistence is the survival of seeds in the environment once they have reached
maturity. Seed persistence allows a species, population or genotype to survive long after the …

From 50 to 90% of wild plant species worldwide produce seeds that are dormant upon
maturity, with specific dormancy traits driven by species' occurrence geography, growth form …

Analyses of functional traits have become fundamental tools for understanding patterns and
processes in plant community ecology. In this context, regenerative seed traits play an …