Chronosequences and associated space‐for‐time substitutions are an important and often
necessary tool for studying temporal dynamics of plant communities and soil development …

Tropical cyclones are increasing in intensity and size and, thus, are poised to increase in
importance as disturbance agents. Our understanding of cyclone ecology is biased towards …

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

This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal, and microbial
communities develop under the harsh conditions following dramatic natural disturbances …

The availability or lack of nutrients shapes ecosystems in fundamental ways. From forest
productivity to soil fertility, from the diversity of animals to the composition of microbial …

Hurricanes have visible and invisible effects on forests. The visible effects are dramatic,
noticeable over the short‐term and relatively well documented in the literature. Invisible …

Sources of forest regeneration (soil seed bank, seed rain) and barriers to seedling
establishment were examined in a recently abandoned pasture in eastern Puerto Rico. Few …

O corte e queima são um dos tipos de perturbação predominante na floresta Atlântica
montana no Sudeste do Brasil. A análise de uma cronosseqüência de regeneração (10, 18 …

In the last decades, soil bioengineering has gained considerable popularity worldwide,
especially in hillslope, riverbank, and earth embankment stabilisation works. The use of …

The development of UAV technologies offers practical methods to create landcover maps for
monitoring and management of areas affected by natural disasters such as landslides. The …