Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in
the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within …

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 …

Leaf traits of global plants reveal the fundamental trade-offs in plant resource acquisition to
conservation strategies. However, which leaf traits are consistent, converged, or diverged …

Leaf functional traits (LFTs) of desert plants are responsive, adaptable and highly plastic to
their environment. However, the macroscale variation in LFTs and driving factors underlying …

Functional ecology provides useful tools for selecting native species for rehabilitation
purposes. Here, we evaluated a list of native tree and shrub species as candidates for use in …

The application of functional traits to predict and explain plant species' distributions and vital
rates has been a major direction in functional ecology for decades, yet numerous …

Given the importance of species diversity as a tool for assessing recovery during forest
regeneration and active restoration, robust approaches for assessing changes in tree …

Question Understanding how the relative importance of different community assembly
processes changes during secondary succession of diverse systems remains elusive …

The joint assembly of evergreen and deciduous tree species, typical karst vegetation of
evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forests through respective subcommunities …

Drylands are experiencing an overall increase in aridity that is predicted to intensify in the
future due to climate change. This may cause changes in the structure and functioning of …