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A scoping review of tropical pioneer trees' roles for restoration and conservation management:

François M M P Baguette, Cláudia Baider, F B Vincent Florens

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3 authors.

François M M P BaguetteTropical Island Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Pole of Research, Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Le Réduit, Mauritius.
Cláudia BaiderThe Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries, Le Réduit, Mauritius.
F B Vincent FlorensTropical Island Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Pole of Research, Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Le Réduit, Mauritius.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Globally, biodiversity is declining rapidly, including tropical forests ecosystems in particular. To stop and reverse this trend, governments worldwide signed up to international agreements and initiatives, but success to date has been limited. In this context, reviewing pioneer trees' ecology, particularly the most widespread species, can help gauge their pros and cons and guide their judicious use for cost-effective ecological restoration projects. Objectives: This study aims to review the potential of pioneer tree species for biodiversity conservation and forest restoration and identify eventual knowledge gaps, using a widespread species from Africa, Methodology: A scoping review was conducted using multiple databases to identify relevant papers, supplemented by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility database (GBIF) to extract distribution records of Results: We show that Conclusion: The widespread African pioneer tree

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesTreesAfricaBiodiversityEcosystemForestsTropical ClimateAfricaBiodiversity conservationEcological interactionsEcological restorationEcological successionOceanic islandScoping review

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PMID40421372
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