3 ignificant areas deforested for agriculture or cattle farming in the wet tropics are
subsequently abandoned sometimes immediately. These are recolonized by vegetation and …

Synzoochory is the dispersal of seeds by seed-caching animals. The animal partner in this
interaction plays a dual role, acting both as seed disperser and seed predator. We propose …

Mechanistic models of community assembly state that biotic and abiotic filters constrain
species establishment through selection on their functional traits. Predicting this assembly …

Rates of change in tree communities following major disturbances are determined by a
complex set of interactions between local site factors, landscape history and structure …

Tropical dry forests are the most threatened tropical terrestrial ecosystem. However, few
studies have been conducted on the natural regeneration necessary to restore these forests …

This chapter discusses: the patterns of seed production; predispersal seed predation;
postdispersal seed predation; seed bank predation; mast fruiting; variability in seed …

Postdispersal fate of seeds from Ocotea endresiana (Lauraceae), a bird‐dispersed
Neotropical montane tree, was studied in Costa Rica to determine the influence of seed …

We characterized stand structure and floristic composition of woody life forms in three, 16–
18 yr old secondary stands that regenerated after pasture abandonment, and three nearby …

Abandoned pastures and secondary forests are increasingly prominent features of tropical
landscapes. Forest regrowth on abandoned pastures is generally slow and virtually limited …

Aim We set out to test the hypothesis that rates of pre‐and post‐dispersal seed predation
would be higher towards the tropics, across a broad range of species from around the world …