Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory

LM Hallett, L Aoyama, G Barabás, B Gilbert… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Advances in restoration ecology are needed to guide ecological restoration in a variable
and changing world. Coexistence theory provides a framework for how variability in …

The framework species method: harnessing natural regeneration to restore tropical forest ecosystems

S Elliott, NIJ Tucker, DP Shannon… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As interest in restoring tropical forests surges, so does the need for effective methods to
ensure success. The framework species method (FSM) restores forest ecosystems by …

Fifteen essential science advances needed for effective restoration of the world's forest landscapes

AR Marshall, CE Waite, M Pfeifer… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There has never been a more pressing and opportune time for science and practice to
collaborate towards restoration of the world's forests. Multiple uncertainties remain for …

Assessing the use of natural colonization to create new forests within temperate agriculturally dominated landscapes

J Bauld, M Guy, S Hughes, J Forster… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a global drive to increase forest cover to protect biodiversity and help combat
climate change. Tree planting is widely used to increase forest cover, although there is …

Persistent Effects of Landscape Context on Recruitment Dynamics During Secondary Succession of Tropical Forests

M van Breugel, JS Hall, M Bailon… - Global Change …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale reforestation is promoted as an important strategy to mitigate climate change
and biodiversity loss. A persistent challenge for efforts to restore ecosystems at scale is how …

Assisted restoration interventions drive functional recovery of tropical wet forest tree communities

LK Werden, S Zarges, KD Holl, CL Oliver… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Choosing appropriate forest restoration interventions is challenging. Natural regeneration
can rapidly facilitate forest recovery in many situations. However, barriers such as dispersal …

Active restoration increases tree species richness and recruitment of large‐seeded taxa after 16–18 years

SC Schubert, RA Zahawi… - Ecological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forest restoration presents a potential lifeline to mitigate climate change and
biodiversity crises in the Anthropocene. Yet, the extent to which human interventions, such …

Forest demography depends on stand structure, functional traits, and climate in the eastern region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

T Li, Q Wang, DT Tissue, IJ Wright, P Luo, C Lai… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forest demographic dynamics are a key process in forest restoration, but how multiple
variables may affect forest demography remains unclear. With data from 1,399 permanent …

[HTML][HTML] Live biomass carbon density is related with species demographics in eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau forests

T Li, SP Bonser, Y Liu, C Lai, Q Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous assessments of forest carbon sequestration mainly emphasized expanding forests
and monitoring their growth over time. However, limited research has tackled enhancing …

Restoring tropical forests: Lessons learned from case studies on three continents

NIJ Tucker, S Elliott, KD Holl, RA Zahawi - Ecological Restoration: Moving …, 2023 - Springer
Restoring the structural complexity and functional diversity of tropical rainforest is not
possible in human time scales but knowledge of the process has significantly increased over …