Resilience of tropical dry forests–a meta‐analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession

G Derroire, P Balvanera, C Castellanos‐Castro… - Oikos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing the recovery of species diversity and composition after major disturbance is key to
understanding the resilience of tropical forests through successional processes, and its …

Resprouting drives successional pathways and the resilience of Caatinga dry forest in human-modified landscapes

MF Barros, EMS Ribeiro, RS Vanderlei… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tropical forest regeneration has gained renewed interest in recent years as secondary
forests have being considered biodiversity repositories and a key source for globally …

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 …

Community assembly and functional diversity along succession post‐management

R Bhaskar, TE Dawson, P Balvanera - Functional Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive development of successional theory, few empirical studies have
evaluated whether existing models are applicable to human‐modified landscapes …

Isolated trees and small woody patches greatly contribute to connectivity in highly fragmented tropical landscapes

L Cadavid-Florez, J Laborde, DJ Mclean - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Decreasing landscape connectivity, due to habitat loss and agricultural expansion, is a
threat for species movement and other flux-dependent ecological processes. Tree cover …

Functional regeneration and spectral reflectance of trees during succession in a highly diverse tropical dry forest ecosystem

MY Alvarez‐Añorve, M Quesada… - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: The function of most ecosystems has been altered by human
activities. To asses the recovery of plant communities, we must evaluate the recovery of …

Resilience in plant-herbivore networks during secondary succession

E Villa-Galaviz, K Boege, E del-Val - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Extensive land-use change in the tropics has produced a mosaic of successional forests
within an agricultural and cattle-pasture matrix. Post-disturbance biodiversity assessments …

Florística de la selva baja caducifolia de la península de Baja California, México

JL León de la Luz, R Domínguez-Cadena… - Botanical …, 2012 - scielo.org.mx
Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron integrar el listado florístico de la selva baja caducifolia
en la península de Baja California y delimitar su presencia. Esta comunidad vegetal ocupa …

Effects of long-term inter-annual rainfall variation on the dynamics of regenerative communities during the old-field succession of a neotropical dry forest

M Martínez-Ramos, P Balvanera, FA Villa… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of long-term rainfall inter-annual variation on regeneration dynamics of
tropical dry forests (TDF) are still poorly understood. Such understanding is particularly …

Differential ecological filtering across life cycle stages drive old-field succession in a neotropical dry forest

M Martínez-Ramos, F Barragán, F Mora… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abiotic and biotic filters may play differential roles in the plant community organization along
forest succession in abandoned fields. However, little is known about how life stage-specific …