Abstract:Functional recovery of secondary tropical forestsTropical forests disappear rapidly through deforestation but also have the potential to regrow naturally through secondary succession. To advance successional theory, it is essential to understand how these secondary forests and their assembly vary across broad spatial scales. Here I present some of the main findings of the [2ndFOR research network on secondary forest succession](https://www.2ndFOR.org) that provides a long-term perspective on succession using &… Show more
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