Aims Responses of ecological restoration projects to disturbances are rarely explored, yet their capacity withstand and recover from disturbance (resilience) is a critical measure success. In many plant communities, the soil seed bank (SSB) provides an important source propagules for species persistence community resilience disturbance. Understanding how SSBs develop with time can inform resili...

Succession in abandoned pastures the tropics can progress along different pathways, and changes biodiversity on local landscape scales, as well species turnover (β diversity), are still unclear. This study assessed role of secondary forests a plant reservoir or evidence pattern homogenization chronosequence two highly fragmented landscapes (hills mountains) Colombian Amazon. In each landscape, ...

Afforestation is one of the most important forestry practices, but its impact on soil microbial communities remains poorly understood. In this study, we sampled from 0–15 cm and 15–30 depths 7-, 13-, 24-, 33-, 53-year-old Chinese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis) plantations. To investigate effect stand age their potential drivers, measured phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) physicochemi...