Applied nucleation, mostly based upon planting tree islands, has been proposed as a cost‐
effective strategy to meet ambitious global forest and landscape restoration targets. We …

Understanding tropical forest succession is critical for the development of tropical forest
conservation strategies worldwide, given that tropical secondary forests can be considered …

Light is a key resource for tree performance and hence, tree species partition spatial and
temporal gradients in light availability. Although light distribution drives tree performance …

Tropical forests are converted at an alarming rate for agricultural use and pastureland, but
also regrow naturally through secondary succession. For successful forest restoration, it is …

Over half of the world's forests are disturbed, and the rate at which ecosystem processes
recover after disturbance is important for the services these forests can provide. We analyze …

We tested whether and how functional composition changes with succession in dry
deciduous and wet evergreen forests of Mexico. We hypothesized that compositional …

Plant hydraulic architecture has been studied extensively, yet we know little about how
hydraulic properties relate to species' life history strategies, such as drought and shade …

Disturbances are widespread and may affect community assembly, species composition,(
functional) diversity and hence ecosystem processes. It remains still unclear to what extent …

Functional traits may predict tree growth rates and survival in plantings aimed to accelerate
natural succession in pastures. We evaluate the growth and survival of 24 tree species used …

Functional diversity (FD)'those components of biodiversity that influence how an ecosystem
operates or functions' is a promising tool to assess the effect of biodiversity loss on …