Background Predicting relationships between plant functional traits and environmental
effects in their habitats is a central issue in terms of classic ecological theories. Yet, only …

Choosing appropriate forest restoration interventions is challenging. Natural regeneration
can rapidly facilitate forest recovery in many situations. However, barriers such as dispersal …

Climate and land-use changes have driven the dominance of native herbaceous plants in
degraded tropical forests, leading to losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services …

Leaf traits are important indicators of plant life history and may vary according to plant
functional type (PFT) and environmental conditions. In this study, we sampled woody plants …

Resprouting of non-native tree invaders is a threat to tropical montane cloud forests and
particularly to periurban forests. Resprouting is a common response of trees to disturbance …

Climate and local water availability are major evolutionary drivers of adaptive variation and
plasticity in the hydraulic architecture of Tropical Montane Cloud Forest (TMCF) tree species …

Secondary forests, ie, those arising after the clearance and abandonment of previously
forested land, dominate tropical forest landscapes, rapidly sequester carbon, provide …

The tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) is a structurally complex and hyper-diverse
ecosystem that provides critical ecosystem services. However, it has undergone significant …

Forests in Ethiopian highlands have been degraded by diverse anthropogenic factors. In
response to this, exclosures have been implemented widely as a vegetation restoration …

The survival and growth of shade-tolerant tree seedlings depend strongly on their ability to
respond to varying light conditions in both natural and managed systems. Rising …