Reassembly of a tropical rainforest ecosystem: A new chronosequence in the Ecuadorian Choco tested with the recovery of tree attributes
Sebastián Escobar, Felicity L. Newell, María‐José Endara, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Anna Rebello Landim, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Ronja Hausmann, Jörg C. Müller, Karen Pedersen, Matthias Schleuning, Constance J. Tremlett, Edith Villa‐Galaviz, H. Martin Schaefer, David A. Donoso, Nico Blüthgen
The paper introduces a large-scale chronosequence in the Ecuadorian Choco to study forest recovery, finding that forest structure, biomass, and species richness increase with regeneration time and approach old-growth levels after decades to centuries.
Ecosphere · Feb 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology