Tropical secondary forests are increasingly important for carbon sequestration and
biodiversity conservation worldwide; yet, we still cannot accurately predict community …

Active forest restoration typically involves planting trees over large areas; this practice is
costly, however, and establishing homogeneous plantations may favour the recruitment of a …

Functional traits may predict tree growth rates and survival in plantings aimed to accelerate
natural succession in pastures. We evaluate the growth and survival of 24 tree species used …

Restoration of tropical forest depended in large part on seed dispersal by fruit-eating
animals that transported seeds into planted forest patches. We tested effectiveness of …

Direct seeding is considered a feasible alternative for large-scale forest restoration, but little
is known about the successional trajectory of tropical forests restored through direct seeding …

Past studies have shown that tropical forest regeneration on degraded farmlands is initially
limited by lack of seed dispersal, but few studies have tracked changes in abundance and …

Abandoned pastureland provides a prime opportunity for forest recovery of these degraded
areas in the Amazon. Many factors impact forest regeneration, including time and intensity of …

Unassisted secondary succession in abandoned tropical pastures often results in species‐
poor forests of pioneer trees that persist for decades. We characterize recruitment rates of …

Experimental restoration may both accelerate and elucidate natural processes of succession
on degraded agricultural land by offering insight into factors that influence rates of …

Soil degradation by deforestation and introduction of exotic grasses is a grave consequence
of land‐use change in tropical regions during the last decades. Soil restoration following …