Aims Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance
of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across …

The study of ecological succession to determine how plant communities re-assemble after a
natural or anthropogenic disturbance has always been an important topic in ecology. The …

Motivation Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for
understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems …

Forest ecosystems are shaped by their historical disturbance regime. Structural and species
diversity are driven by disturbance frequency, patch size and microsite disturbance severity …

Second-growth forests provide an important avenue for at least partially recuperating
biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical regions. Yet, factors affecting changes in …

Processes sha** the distribution of foliar fungal endophyte species remain poorly
understood. Despite increasing evidence that these cryptic fungal symbionts of plants …

Tropical cyclones (TC s) are large‐scale disturbances that regularly impact tropical forests.
Although long‐term impacts of TC s on forest structure have been proposed, a global test of …

Secondary forests are increasingly dominant in human‐modified tropical landscapes, but
the drivers of forest recovery remain poorly understood. Soil conditions influence plant …

Anthropogenic disturbance has led to widespread clearance and degradation of tropical
forests, and tree planting has been promoted as an effective solution for recovery. However …

Regenerating tropical forests are increasingly important for their role in the global carbon
cycle. Carbon stocks in above‐ground biomass can recover to old‐growth forest levels …