Government and international agencies have highlighted the need to focus global change
research efforts on tropical ecosystems. However, no recent comprehensive review exists …

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts a hump-shaped pattern between
community diversity and disturbance, and is central to understanding patterns of species …

Steve Goosem has a background in protected area management and in botanical, soil and
wildlife ecological research. His first experience with rainforest restoration involved flood …

Timber production is the most pervasive human impact on tropical forests, but studies of
logging impacts have largely focused on timber species and vertebrates. This review …

Strong tropical storms are known to affect forest structure, composition, and nutrient cycles in
both tropical and temperate regions, although our understanding of these effects …

Tropical cyclones (TC s) are large‐scale disturbances that regularly impact tropical forests.
Although long‐term impacts of TC s on forest structure have been proposed, a global test of …

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

The ability to withstand disturbance (resistance) and the ability to recover biomass following
disturbance (resilience) were investigated in Australian wet tropical rainforest tree species …

Combating the legacy of deforestation on tropical biodiversity requires the conversion to
forest of large areas of established pasture, where barriers to native plant regeneration …

Many natural forests in Southeast Asia are degraded following decades of logging.
Restoration of these forests is delayed by ongoing logging and tropical cyclones, but the …