The diversity of dominant tree species in a forest might strongly influence ecosystem
functions and services, but the current evidence is not strong enough to provide general …

We studied tree water uptake patterns, tested for complementary water use among species
and analysed controlling factors in a tropical tree diversity experiment. The water uptake …

Secondary forests and monoculture plantations are widespread in the tropics and are the
two most common forms of reforestation. To assess the value of both systems for CO2 …

Diverse plant communities are often more productive than mono‐specific ones. Several
possible mechanisms underlie this phenomenon but their relative importance remains …

Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe. This book explores how
forest restoration might be carried out to increase landscape heterogeneity, improve …

Complementary resource use and redundancy of species that fulfill the same ecological role
are two mechanisms that can respectively increase and stabilize process rates in …

Transforming plantation monocultures into sustainable, mixed-species forests that contain
native species is an important goal in South China. The establishment of native species in …

When compared to planted reforestation, natural unassisted regeneration is often reported
to result in slow recovery of biomass and biodiversity, especially early in succession. In …

Plant-plant interaction plays a key role in regulating the composition and structure of
communities and ecosystems. Studies of plant-plant interactions in forest ecosystems have …

Examining foliar nutrient concentrations after fertilization provides an alternative method for
detecting nutrient limitation of ecosystems, which is logistically simpler to measure than …