Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem
services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest …

Summary 1 Large‐seeded species have long been known to have higher survivorship
during establishment than small‐seeded species. Here, we assessed the size of this …

Land-use history interacts with natural forces to influence the severity of disturbance events
and the rate and nature of recovery processes in tropical forests. Although we are far from an …

The importance of niche vs. neutral assembly mechanisms in structuring tropical tree
communities remains an important unsettled question in community ecology [Bell G (2005) …

Recent functional trait studies have shown that trait differences may favour certain species
(environmental filtering) while simultaneously preventing competitive exclusion (niche …

We compiled information from the international literature to quantify the relationships
between seed mass and survival through each of the hazards plants face between seed …

Whereas the concept that availability of resources drives seed production is sound in
principle, it is incomplete as there are many solutions to the allocation of resources that …

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

Questions To select the best method to restore an ecosystem requires an understanding of
the various outcomes commonly achieved through different restoration techniques. What …

We examine the relative importance of processes that underlie plant population abundance
and distribution. Two opposing views dominate the field. One posits that the ability to …