The study of ecological succession to determine how plant communities re-assemble after a
natural or anthropogenic disturbance has always been an important topic in ecology. The …

Conservation actions are urgently needed to tackle biodiversity loss in intensively managed
agricultural landscapes. Production lands are usually heterogeneous and contain low-yield …

The majority of global forests are secondary and are at different stages of succession.
Assessing the dynamics of species richness and similarity, and quantifying the importance of …

Soil disturbance threatens native perennial grasslands and savannas worldwide, including
pine savannas of the North American Coastal Plain. Disk harrows are used in the region to …

Understanding community restoration state and assembly mechanisms is helpful to assess
restoration measures and predict community dynamics. In order to explore the effects of …

Seed dispersal is an essential ecological process for plant (re) colonization, especially in
intensively human-altered habitats such as old-fields (ie abandoned farmlands) where seed …

Environmental filtering and niche differentiation are often invoked to explain species
coexistence at local scales. The ironstone campo rupestre of Brazil provides a biodiverse …

Biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide, with agricultural intensification being among the
main drivers of this process. Effective conservation measures in agricultural landscapes are …

Question Which species are successful colonisers of disturbed sites; species adapted to
seed dispersal, resistance to abiotic stress, or competition ability? Are successful …

A challenge for nature conservation is to know why many species are absent from suitable
habitats and whether they might be able to disperse and to establish. Here, we used 272 dry …