The research has important implications for understanding the impact of present forest development on biodiversity and forest regeneration in the tropics. (news.mongabay.com)
«We are the first to examine all important ecological processes of forest regeneration in a global meta - analysis of existing case studies,» explains Dr. Eike Lena Neuschulz, the lead author of the study from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center. (sciencedaily.com)
Now, a new University of Utah - led study, appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that targeted forest regeneration among the largest and closest forest fragments in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil can dramatically reduce extinction rates of bird species over time. (sciencedaily.com)