ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration.
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- Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring.Bioscience · 2025Article
- Trait-Mediated Variation in Seedling Performance in Costa Rican Successional Forests: Comparing Above-Ground, Below-Ground, and Allocation-Based Traits.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The framework species method: harnessing natural regeneration to restore tropical forest ecosystems.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Fifteen essential science advances needed for effective restoration of the world's forest landscapes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Realizing the potential of restoration science.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Restoration interventions mediate tropical tree recruitment dynamics over time.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Reforestation is one of our most promising natural climate solutions, and one that addresses the looming biodiversity crisis. Tree planting can catalyse forest community reassembly in degraded landscapes where natural regeneration is slow, however, tree survival rates vary remarkably across projects. Building a trait-based framework for tree survival could streamline species selection in a way that generalizes across ecosystems, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the global restoration movement. We investigated how traits mediated seedling survival in a tropical dry forest restoration, and how traits were coordinated across plant structures. We examined growth and survival of 14 species for 2 years and measured six below-ground and 22 above-ground traits. Species-level survival ranged widely from 7.8% to 90.1%, and a model including growth rate, below-ground traits and their interaction explained more than 73% of this variation. A strong interaction between below-ground traits and growth rate indicated that selecting species with fast growth rates can promote establishment, but this effect was most apparent for species that invest in thick fine roots and deep root structures. Overall, results emphasize the prominent role of below-ground traits in determining early restoration outcomes, and highlight little above- and below-ground trait coordination, providing a path forward for tropical dry forest restoration efforts. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
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