Despite its importance as a wealthy source of unique biodiversity (Janzen 1988) and that it
covers 42% of the tropical vegetation worldwide (Murphy and Lugo 1995), the dry forest is …

In Brazil, a high number of woody species have been used for forest restoration plantings.
However, this action is widely questionable due to the no re-establishment of a considered …

The goal of restoration is to accelerate ecosystem recovery, but in ecosystems that naturally
regenerate rapidly restoration techniques need to be selected carefully to facilitate rather …

Background: Forest succession in tropical pastures usually starts from woody vegetation
patches. Patches may arise within the grass matrix at microsites with favourable soil …

The expansion of agricultural and pasture areas over native forest areas has been broadly
documented and represents the main cause of deforestation that has occurred for the last …

We tested the relationship between the length of pasture use and the density, richness, and
composition of naturally regenerating tropical seasonal deciduous forest in pastures. We …

Summary 1 Natural regeneration of forest trees in grazed pastures could potentially
contribute to the conservation of tree diversity within the fragmented and agricultural …

Abstract Large areas of Tropical Forest have been cleared and deeply modified aiming at
growing crops and producing livestock. Many of these areas are transformed in pastures …

Arid and semiarid ecosystems display several environmental filters naturally restricting plant
community composition. Such filters become more severe after some disturbance and may …

Barriers to tree establishment were studied in a highly degraded pasture that was
abandoned after 19 yr. Tree seedling establishment was limited by a lack of seed dispersal …