What is the aim of the review?
To assess the importance of facilitation and vegetative regrowth in the regeneration of tropical dry forests. The secondary question will assess the relative contribution of either seedlings or vegetative regrowth to the recovery of the site in terms of growth rates, %DBH recovered, %height recovered, %BA recovered, and %of the species recovered, i.e. a direct comparison of which contributes the greatest to the recovery of structure and floristics.

Who's in the review team?

• Morag McDonald (Lead reviewer) -, School of Environment, Natural Resources & Geography, Bangor University, UK
• Kurt McLaren
• Adrian Newton
  

At what stage is the review?
This review is now complete.

What did the review find?
To read more about this review, its findings, and the implications for conservationists and researchers, please see the Summary or Full Report.

Comments?
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