Much information on restoration and management exists for wet tropical forests of Central
America but comparatively little work has been done in the dry forests of this region. Such …

Se, por um lado, plantios florestais comerciais têm sido apontados como “desertos verdes”,
por outro, diversos estudos realizados nas últimas duas décadas demonstram o contrário …

In the wet forest regions of southwest Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats, India, Pinus
caribaea was a common tree species for reforestation on public lands that were originally …

Tree monocultures constitute an increasing fraction of the global tree cover and are the
dominant tree‐growing strategy of forest landscape restoration commitments. Their …

Today, exotic invasive alien species are considered to be one of the greatest threats to
biodiversity. However, not all exotic species cause negative consequences in the …

Forests have been planted over large areas during forest restoration programs in Northeast
China. An important challenge is transforming forest species structure by allowing …

While soils can act either as a source or as a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and
nitrogen, depending on land cover change and management, there is a great need to …

Little is known about how soil seed banks vary in germination, composition, and density
under different land uses after tropical forest conversion. Seed banks can potentially act as …

Rural communities have traditionally valued forests for a diversity of products and services,
with timber serving a minor role. No-where has this diversity been greater than in tropical …

Whether environmental conditions under exotic tree plantations abandoned in the Western
Ghats of India can facilitate the natural regeneration of tropical montane forest (Shola forest) …