Priority effects refer to the order or timing of species arrival, including how species that arrive
early at a site either positively or negatively affect establishment, growth, or reproduction of …

Despite the urgent demand for sustainable mining, the revegetation and rehabilitation of
areas degraded by mining activities remain challenging. Uncertainties about species …

Scattered trees are thought to be keystone structures for biodiversity in landscapes world‐
wide. However, such trees have been largely neglected by researchers and their importance …

Aim To propose and compare priority sites for conservation and restoration of woody plants
under diverse climate and land use scenarios, considering socio‐economic costs, presence …

To counter increasing CO 2 emissions and plant biodiversity loss, ecological restoration has
been proposed as a means to sequester carbon as well as to increase species diversity in …

Tropical forests are being reduced by human activities. The use of fire for agricultural
expansion generates areas dominated by the bracken fern Pteridium, where forest …

Native ecosystems are continuously being transformed mostly into agricultural lands.
Simultaneously, a large proportion of fields are abandoned after some years of use. Without …

Nucleation practices combine several techniques that use small nuclei of vegetation as
starting points of vegetation regeneration and serve as an integrated approach to improve …

Although ecological restoration has entered the global agenda to reverse different
anthropogenic disturbances, we still know little about how this solution interacts with other …

Regenerating forests after agricultural land abandonment are increasingly common in
human-modified tropical landscapes. These secondary forests preserve biodiversity and …