The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests

CC Jakovac, AB Junqueira, R Crouzeilles… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in
the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within …

Reviewing the use of resilience concepts in forest sciences

L Nikinmaa, M Lindner, E Cantarello, AS Jump… - Current Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Resilience is a key concept to deal with an uncertain future in
forestry. In recent years, it has received increasing attention from both research and practice …

Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

DMA Rozendaal, F Bongers, TM Aide… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being
cleared, while secondary forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural lands increase in …

Tropical dry forest dynamics in the context of climate change: syntheses of drivers, gaps, and management perspectives

ZG Siyum - Ecological Processes, 2020 - Springer
This review attempts to synthesize the available literature on tropical dry forests and their
dynamics in the context of climate change and thereby identifies possible gaps and priority …

Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forests

T Fremout, E Thomas, H Gaisberger… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the vulnerability of tree species to anthropogenic threats is important for the
efficient planning of restoration and conservation efforts. We quantified and compared the …

Ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles in secondary tropical forest succession

JS Powers, E Marín-Spiotta - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Secondary tropical forests that are in a state of regeneration following clearing for agriculture
are now more abundant than primary forests. Yet, despite their large spatial extent and …

Tropical dry forest diversity, climatic response, and resilience in a changing climate

K Stan, A Sanchez-Azofeifa - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Central and South America tropical dry forest (TDF) is a water-limited biome with a high
number of endemic species and numerous ecosystem services which has experienced a …

Rapid bacterial and fungal successional dynamics in first year after chaparral wildfire

MF Pulido‐Chavez, JWJ Randolph, C Zalman… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rise in wildfire frequency and severity across the globe has increased interest in
secondary succession. However, despite the role of soil microbial communities in controlling …

Restoration priorities: Integrating successional states and landscape resilience in tropical dry forest compensation projects in Colombia

J Ruíz, O Vargas, N Rodríguez - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological conservation and restoration are global strategies for halting biodiversity loss and
ecosystem degradation. However, Infrastructure projects in Colombia have not yet fully …

Disentangling the environmental heterogeneity, floristic distinctiveness and current threats of tropical dry forests in Colombia

R González-M, H García, P Isaacs… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Tropical dry forests (TDFs) have been defined as a single biome occurring mostly in the
lowlands where there is a marked period of drought during the year. In the Neotropics, dry …