“…As a measure of initial vegetation cover development over time, we computed the initial slope of vegetation cover recovery (abbreviated also as initial slope) as described below. This selection process yielded 105 studies describing 244 chronosequences with data about total vegetation cover: 135 for post‐mining sites (Alday, Pallavicini, et al, 2011; Antwi et al, 2014; Baasch et al, 2010; Baasch et al, 2012; Boscutti et al, 2017; Brady & Noske, 2010; Densmore, 1994; Densmore, 2005; Frouz et al, 2008; Frouz et al, 2011; Frouz et al, 2020; Gentili et al, 2020; Graf et al, 2008; Hodačová & Prach, 2003; Holl & Cairns Jnr, 1994; Jochimsen, 2001; Lei et al, 2016; Li et al, 2008; Liu et al, 2016; Lopes et al, 2020; Martínez‐Ruiz et al, 2007; Moreno‐de las Heras et al, 2008; Novianti et al, 2018; Nyenda et al, 2020; Proteau et al, 2020; Scotton, 2018; Šebelíková et al, 2018; Skousen et al, 1990; Strong, 2000; Takeuchi & Shimano, 2009; Triisberg‐Uljas et al, 2011; Wang et al, 2018; Wiegleb & Felinks, 2001; Yuan et al, 2006), 25 for other man‐made and post‐industrial sites (Hougen & Matlack, 2012; Prach et al, 2007; Salisbury et al, 2021; Spiering et al, 2020), 3 for dunes and sandy landfilled sites (Álvarez‐Molina et al, 2012; Le Chen et al, 2017; Rebele & Lehmann, 2002), 8 for landslides, mudflows, and heavy erosions (Cannone et al, 2010; Korznikov, 2017; Lopes et al, 2020; Navarro Hevia et al, 2014), 3 for lava volcano flows (Cutler et al, 2008; Dale & Adams, 2003; Otaki et al, 2016), 12 for glacier retreats (Fickert, 2020; Fischer et al, 2019…”