Environmental Science
6 years ago

Tropical forests recover quickly in species richness but slowly in composition.

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Science Advances
Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
Danaë M. A. Rozendaal, Frans Bongers, T. Mitchell Aide, Estebán Álvarez, Nataly Ascarrunz, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Tony Vizcarra Bentos, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, George A. L. Cabral, Sofía Calvo-Rodríguez, Jérôme Chave, Ricardo G. César, Robin L. Chazdon, Richard Condit, Jorn S. Dallinga, Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez, Ben de Jong, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Julie S. Denslow, Daisy H. Dent, Saara J. DeWalt, Juan Manuel Dupuy, Sandra M. Durán, L.P. Dutrieux, Mário M. Espírito‐Santo, María Fandiño, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Bryan Finegan, Hernando García, Noel González, Vanessa Granda Moser, Jefferson S. Hall, José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni, Stephen P. Hubbell, Catarina C. Jakovac, Alma Hernández‐Jaramillo, André Braga Junqueira, Deborah Kennard, Denis Larpin, Susan G. Letcher, Juan‐Carlos Licona, Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos, E. Marín-Spiotta, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca, Jorge A. Meave, Rita C. G. Mesquita, Francisco Mora, Sandra Cristina Müller, Rodrigo Muñoz, Sílvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Natalia Norden, Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Susana Ochoa‐Gaona, Edgar Ortíz‐Malavassi, Rebecca Ostertag, Marielos Peña‐Claros, Eduardo A. Pérez‐García, Daniel Piotto, Jennifer S. Powers, José Aguilar‐Cano, Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá, Jorge Rodríguez‐Velázquez, Marco Antonio Romero-Romero, Jorge Ruíz, Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa, Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez, Whendee L. Silver, Naomi B. Schwartz, William Wayt Thomas, Marisol Toledo, Maria Uriarte, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Michiel van Breugel, Hans van der Wal, Sebastião Venâncio Martins, Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Hans F. M. Vester, Alberto Vicentini, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Pedro Manuel Villa, G. Bruce Williamson, Kátia J. Zanini, Jess K. Zimmerman, Lourens Poorter

Paper Summary

Tropical secondary forests can regain many tree species quickly, but it takes centuries for their species mix to fully recover.

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