Extensive evidence shows that regional (gamma) diversity is often lower across restored
landscapes than in reference landscapes, in part due to common restoration practices that …

Forest restoration is currently a primary objective in environmental management policies at a
global scale, to the extent that impressive initiatives and commitments have been launched …

This study aimed to evaluate whether the improvement in soil conditions induced by the
vegetation spontaneously colonizing abandoned metal (loid) mine tailings from semiarid …

This work studies a set of soil indicators (physical, physico-chemical and biological),
evaluated under field and laboratory conditions, in different stages of spontaneous …

As human activities destroy and degrade the world's ecosystems at unprecedented scales,
there is a growing need for evidence‐based methods for ecological restoration if we are to …

Abstract Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. ex A. DC. is a multipurpose plant with high
socioeconomic and cultural values. It is endangered in the biogeographical region of …

While antagonistic interactions between plants have been a major topic of eco-evolutionary
research, little evidence exists on the evolution of positive plant interactions (ie, plant …

Environmental conditions can modify the intensity and sign of ecological interactions. The
stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that facilitation becomes more important than …

Multiple effects, operating either on the long-term (soil-engineering effects) or on the short-
term during plant life (microclimate modification or resources pre-emption), can act …

Community assembly changes fundamentally in response to disturbance following habitat
destruction due to extreme events and human activities. There are several important aspects …