Succession is a fundamental concept in ecology because it indicates how species
populations, communities, and ecosystems change over time on new substrate or after a …

Old‐growth tropical forests are being extensively deforested and fragmented worldwide. Yet
forest recovery through succession has led to an expansion of secondary forests in human …

It is necessary to improve the ecological environment and keep ecological balance of nature
reserves that have particularly important function on precious and endangered wildlife …

Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them
holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services …

Two billion ha have been identified globally for forest restoration. Our meta-analysis
encompassing 221 study landscapes worldwide reveals forest restoration enhances …

Tree planting is both a promising and controversial solution to climate change and
biodiversity loss. However, this controversy is largely theoretical because we lack detailed …

• Premise of the study: Near‐future climate changes are likely to elicit major vegetation
changes. Disequilibrium dynamics, which occur when vegetation comes out of equilibrium …

Although global rates of tropical deforestation remain alarmingly high, they have decreased
over the period 2000–2010, and a handful of tropical developing countries have recently …

Despite continued forest conversion and degradation, forest cover is increasing in countries
across the globe. New forests are regenerating on former agricultural land, and forest …

This review assesses the degree of resilience of mangrove forests to large, infrequent
disturbance (tsunamis) and their role in coastal protection, and to chronic disturbance events …