Phenotypic traits and their associated trade-offs have been shown to have globally
consistent effects on individual plant physiological functions,,, but how these effects scale up …

A convincing body of evidence shows that as it is presently codified, sustainable forest-
management (SFM) logging implemented at an industrial scale guarantees commercial and …

Functional traits are posited to explain interspecific differences in performance, but these
relationships are difficult to describe for long‐lived organisms such as trees, which exhibit …

Relationships between functional traits and average or potential demographic rates have
provided insight into the functional constraints and trade‐offs underlying life‐history …

Islands formed upstream of mega hydroelectric dams are excellent experimental landscapes
to assess the impacts of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. We examined the effects of …

Abstract In West Africa, very poorly documented are the recovery trajectories of secondary
forests, and even less is known about the origin of the observed variability in recovery rates …

Human activities modify the disturbance regimes of tropical forests. Since tropical forests
host high biological diversity, understanding the role of biodiversity in ecosystem recovery …

An understanding of the drivers of tree growth at the species level is required to predict likely
changes of carbon stocks and biodiversity when environmental conditions change …

Tree height growth measurements at monthly and annual time scales are important for
calibrating and validating forest growth models, forest management and studies of forest …

Background Natural disturbance is a fundamental component of the functioning of tropical
rainforests let to natural dynamics, with tree mortality the driving force of forest renewal. With …