Soils under natural, tropical forests provide essential ecosystem services that have been
shaped by long-term soil–vegetation feedbacks. However, deforestation of tropical forest …

In this review, we highlight the main biotic and abiotic factors that influence the patterns of
Neotropical secondary forest successions, referred as the woody vegetation that regrows …

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

The Amazon rainforest is the Earth's largest reservoir of plant and animal diversity, and it has
been subjected to especially high rates of land use change, primarily to cattle pasture. This …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Grasslands are heavily relied upon for food and forage production. A key component for
sustaining production in grassland ecosystems is the maintenance of soil organic matter …

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 …

Soil carbon is a large component of the global carbon cycle and its management can
significantly affect the atmospheric CO2 concentration. An important management issue is …

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 …

Vegetation, seed rain, seed germination, microclimate, and soil physical and chemical
parameters were measured in a recently abandoned pasture and adjacent primary rain …