Fires are recurrent in moist tropical savannas, but in recent decades, Neotropical forests
have become more affected due to the increased frequency of fires and the extent of burned …

Active restoration actions are becoming increasingly common for the recovery of degraded
ecosystems. However, establishing when an ecosystem is fully restored is rarely achieved …

Long-term time series are increasingly used to assess the effects of global change on plant
community diversity and to guide management of target plant communities. However …

The understorey vegetation of temperate forests harbours a major proportion of terrestrial
biodiversity and fulfills an important role in ecosystem functioning. Over the past decades …

Questions Vegetation resurveys, both single studies and meta‐analyses, have
predominantly been based on vascular plant data while bryophytes and lichens have largely …

Accurate information on tree species diversity is critical for forest biodiversity, conservation
and management, but mapping forest diversity over large and mixed forest areas using …

Species composition of European temperate Quercus forests have undergone dramatic
changes in the past century. Observed changes have largely been attributed to …

Human population has affected natural ecosystems since prehistoric times in many ways,
causing disturbances in existing ecosystems and creating novel habitats, and altering the …

Understanding the drivers of variability in plant diversity from local to landscape spatial
scales is a challenge in ecological systems. Environmental gradients exist at several spatial …

The mechanisms of the maintenance of plant diversity in forests have been extensively
studied because of their ecological importance. The study of the regeneration and growth …