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Role of eucalypt and other planted forests in biodiversity conservation and the provision of biodiversity-related ecosystem services by Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Jactel, Hervé, Parrotta, John A., Ferraz, Silvio F.B.

“…► Eucalyptus and other planted forests are expanding rapidly in Brazil and world-wide. ► By the year 2100, planted forests may represent 20% of the global…”
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Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity by Brockerhoff, Eckehard G, Jactel, Hervé, Parrotta, John A, Quine, Christopher P, Sayer, Jeffrey

“…Losses of natural and semi-natural forests, mostly to agriculture, are a significant concern for biodiversity. Against this trend, the area of intensively…”
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Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest Landscapes by Lamb, David, Erskine, Peter D, Parrotta, John A

“…The current scale of deforestation in tropical regions and the large areas of degraded lands now present underscore the urgent need for interventions to…”
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Forest Structure, Wood Standing Stock, and Tree Biomass in Different Restoration Systems in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Danila Morena Fidéles Pontes, Vera Lex Engel, John A. Parrotta

“…Reliable estimates of tree growth and wood yield are fundamental to support the management of restored forests and better reconcile the objectives of…”
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A framework to evaluate land degradation and restoration responses for improved planning and decision-making by Pandit, Ram, Parrotta, John A., Chaudhary, Ashok Kumar, Karlen, Douglas L., Vieira, Daniel Luis Mascia, Anker, Yaakov, Chen, Ruishan, Morris, Joe, Harris, Jim, Ntshotsho, Phumza

“…Avoiding, reducing or reversing land degradation will require increased restoration investments, carefully targeted and implemented to maximize environmental,…”
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Productivity, nutrient cycling, and succession in single- and mixed-species plantations of Casuarina equisetifolia, Eucalyptus robusta, and Leucaena leucocephala in Puerto Rico by Parrotta, John A

“…Tree growth, biomass productivity, litterfall mass and nutrient content, changes in soil chemical properties and understory forest succession were evaluated…”
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Forest Biodiversity and the Delivery of Ecosystem Goods and Services: Translating Science into Policy by Thompson, Ian D, Okabe, Kimiko, Tylianakis, Jason M, Kumar, Pushpam, Brockerhoff, Eckehard G, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Parrotta, John A, Nasi, Robert

“…Biodiversity is integral to almost all ecosystem processes, with some species playing key functional roles that are essential for maintaining the value of…”
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Traditional forest-related knowledge and sustainable forest management in Asia by Parrotta, John A., Hin Fui, Lim, Jinlong, Liu, Ramakrishnan, P.S., Yeo-Chang, Youn

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Development of floristic diversity in 10-year-old restoration forests on a bauxite mined site in Amazonia by Parrotta, John A, Knowles, Oliver Henry, Wunderle, Joseph M

“…Patterns of plant and animal diversity were studied in a 10-year-old native species reforestation area at a bauxite-mined site at Porto Trombetas in western…”
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Site and plant community parameters drive the effect of vegetation on litterfall and nutrient inputs in restored tropical forests by Machado, Deivid L., Engel, Vera L., Podadera, Diego S., Sato, Luciane M., de Goede, Ron G. M., de Moraes, Luiz F. D., Parrotta, John A.

“…Background and aims Restoring healthy ecosystem depends on recovering not only biodiversity, but also ecosystem processes and functionality. We investigated…”
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Present challenges to global forests and the role of IUFRO by Parrotta, JA

“…The new IUFRO President 2019-2024 Dr. John Parrotta, US Forest Service, summarizes his vision of the present challenges to global forests and the role of the…”
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Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems by Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R., Craven, Dylan, Reich, Peter B., Ewel, John J., Isbell, Forest, Koricheva, Julia, Parrotta, John A., Auge, Harald, Erickson, Heather E., Forrester, David I., Hector, Andy, Joshi, Jasmin, Montagnini, Florencia, Palmborg, Cecilia, Piotto, Daniel, Potvin, Catherine, Roscher, Christiane, van Ruijven, Jasper, Tilman, David, Wilsey, Brian, Eisenhauer, Nico

“…The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland…”
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Traditional forest knowledge: Challenges and opportunities by Parrotta, John A., Agnoletti, Mauro

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Influence of Removal of a Non-native Tree Species Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. on the Regenerating Plant Communities in a Tropical Semideciduous Forest Under Restoration in Brazil by Podadera, Diego S., Engel, Vera L., Parrotta, John A., Machado, Deivid L., Sato, Luciane M., Durigan, Giselda

“…Exotic species are used to trigger facilitation in restoration plantings, but this positive effect may not be permanent and these species may have negative…”
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How to halt the global decline of lands by Willemen, Louise, Barger, Nichole N., Brink, Ben ten, Cantele, Matthew, Erasmus, Barend F. N., Fisher, Judith L., Gardner, Toby, Holland, Timothy G., Kohler, Florent, Kotiaho, Janne S., von Maltitz, Graham P., Nangendo, Grace, Pandit, Ram, Parrotta, John A., Potts, Matthew D., Prince, Stephen D., Sankaran, Mahesh, Brainich, Anastasia, Montanarella, Luca, Scholes, Robert

“…The assessment of land degradation and restoration by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that land…”
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Greater Soil Carbon Sequestration under Nitrogen-Fixing Trees Compared with Eucalyptus Species by Resh, Sigrid C., Binkley, Dan, Parrotta, John A.

“…Forests with nitrogen-fixing trees (N-fixers) typically accumulate more carbon (C) in soils than similar forests without N-fixing trees. This difference may…”
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Science on ecosystems and people to support the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by Schröter, Matthias, Berbés-Blázquez, Marta, Albert, Christian, Hill, Rosemary, Krause, Torsten, Loos, Jacqueline, Mannetti, Lelani M., Martín-López, Berta, Neelakantan, Amrita, Parrotta, John A., Quintas-Soriano, Cristina, Abson, David J., Alkemade, Rob, Amelung, Bas, Baptiste, Brigitte, Barrios, Edmundo, Djoudi, Houria, Drakou, Evangelia G., Durance, Isabelle, García Llorente, Marina, Geneletti, Davide, Harmáčková, Zuzana V., Jacobs, Sander, Kaiser, Nina N., Kingsley, Jonathan, Klain, Sarah, Martínez-Harms, María José, Murali, Ranjini, O'Farrell, Patrick, Pandit, Ram, Pereira, Laura, Rana, Sakshi, Riechers, Maraja, Rusch, Graciela M., Sala, Juan E., Schulp, Catharina J.E., Sitas, Nadia, Subramanian, Suneetha M, Villasante, Sebastian, van Oudenhoven, Alexander

“…In December 2022, members of the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)…”
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Dominance of legume trees alters nutrient relations in mixed species forest restoration plantings within seven years by Siddique, Ilyas, Engel, Vera Lex, Parrotta, John A, Lamb, David, Nardoto, Gabriela B, Ometto, Jean P. H. B, Martinelli, Luiz A, Schmidt, Susanne

“…Failures in reforestation are often attributed to nutrient limitation for tree growth. We compared tree performance and nitrogen and phosphorus relations in…”
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An evaluation of direct seeding for reforestation of degraded lands in central São Paulo state, Brazil by Engel, Vera Lex, Parrotta, John A

“…As part of a larger study evaluating several silvicultural techniques for restoring tropical moist forests on abandoned agricultural lands in southeastern…”
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services: lessons from nature to improve management of planted forests for REDD-plus by Thompson, Ian D, Okabe, Kimiko, Parrotta, John A, Brockerhoff, Eckehard, Jactel, Hervé, Forrester, David I, Taki, Hisatomo

“…Planted forests are increasingly contributing wood products and other ecosystem services at a global scale. These forests will be even more important as carbon…”
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