Tropical forest plants regenerate either from sources from within the site (seed bank, resprouting from roots and stems, or remnant vegetation) or colonization by seeds dispersed from outside the ...

Passive regeneration can be advantageous in stands small in size and ideally surrounded by original native forests. Their capacity to reach the status of old growth forest may still be slow.

Two recent University of Montana studies are demystifying how increasing wildfires and hotter annual temperatures limit ...