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Restoring tropical forests from the bottom up by Holl, Karen D.

“…How can ambitious forest restoration targets be implemented on the ground? Recent initiatives at regional, national, and global scales have called for…”
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A global review of past land use, climate, and active vs. passive restoration effects on forest recovery by Meli, Paula, Holl, Karen D, Rey Benayas, José María, Jones, Holly P, Jones, Peter C, Montoya, Daniel, Moreno Mateos, David

“…Global forest restoration targets have been set, yet policy makers and land managers lack guiding principles on how to invest limited resources to achieve…”
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Restoration and repair of Earth’s damaged ecosystems by Jones, Holly P., Jones, Peter C., Barbier, Edward B., Blackburn, Ryan C., Benayas, Jose M. Rey, Holl, Karen D., McCrackin, Michelle, Meli, Paula, Montoya, Daniel, Mateos, David Moreno

“…Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring…”
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Seed dispersal limitations shift over time in tropical forest restoration by Reid, J. Leighton, Holl, Karen D, Zahawi, Rakan A

“…Past studies have shown that tropical forest regeneration on degraded farmlands is initially limited by lack of seed dispersal, but few studies have tracked…”
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Using lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor tropical forest recovery by Zahawi, Rakan A., Dandois, Jonathan P., Holl, Karen D., Nadwodny, Dana, Reid, J. Leighton, Ellis, Erle C.

“…•We compared ground-based to a remote-sensing (Ecosynth) monitoring method.•Ecosynth is a viable alternative to quantify forest structure metrics.•Ecosynth…”
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Exotic eucalypts: From demonized trees to allies of tropical forest restoration? by Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Amazonas, Nino T., Chazdon, Robin L., Melis, Juliano, Rodrigues, Ricardo R., Silva, Carina C., Sorrini, Taísi B., Holl, Karen D., Louzada, Júlio

“…International forest landscape restoration commitments have promoted the restoration of millions of hectares of degraded and deforested lands globally, but few…”
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Native annual forbs decline in California coastal prairies over 15 years despite grazing by Lesage, Josephine C, Hayes, Grey F, Holl, Karen D

“…Livestock grazing is often used as a land management tool to maximize vegetation diversity in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Prior research has shown that…”
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Testing applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate tropical forest recovery by Zahawi, Rakan A., Holl, Karen D., Cole, Rebecca J., Reid, J. Leighton

“…1. Active forest restoration typically involves planting trees over large areas; this practice is costly, however, and establishing homogeneous plantations may…”
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Restoration interventions mediate tropical tree recruitment dynamics over time by Kulikowski, 2nd, Andy J, Zahawi, Rakan A, Werden, Leland K, Zhu, Kai, Holl, Karen D

“…Forest restoration is increasingly heralded as a global strategy to conserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change, yet long-term studies that compare the…”
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Rewilding and restoring nature in a changing world by Egoh, Benis N, Nyelele, Charity, Holl, Karen D, Bullock, James M, Carver, Steve, Sandom, Christopher J

“…Increased anthropogenic pressure, invasive alien species and climate change, among other factors, continue to negatively impact and degrade the planet’s…”
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Effects of landscape structure on restoration success in tropical premontane forest by San-José, Miriam, Werden, Leland K., Joyce, Francis H., Reid, J. Leighton, Holl, Karen D., Zahawi, Rakan A.

“…Reversing large-scale habitat degradation and deforestation goes beyond what can be achieved by site-level ecological restoration and a landscape ecology…”
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Enrichment planting to restore degraded tropical forest fragments in Brazil by Mangueira, Julia Raquel S. A., D. Holl, Karen, Rodrigues, Ricardo R.

“…In tropical areas with high levels of fragmentation due to agricultural use, forest fragments play an important role for biodiversity conservation at the…”
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Advances and shortfalls in applying best practices to global tree‐growing efforts by Schubert, Spencer C., Battaglia, Katherine E., Blebea, Christina N., Seither, Cole J. P., Wehr, Helena L., Holl, Karen D.

“…As global tree‐growing efforts have escalated in the past decade, copious failures and unintended consequences have prompted many reforestation best practices…”
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Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed by Russell, Ann E, Aide, T Mitchell, Braker, Elizabeth, Bruna, Emilio M, Ganong, Carissa N, Hardin, Rebecca D, Holl, Karen D, Hotchkiss, Sara C, Klemens, Jeffrey A, Kuprewicz, Erin K, McClearn, Deedra, Middendorf, George, Ostertag, Rebecca, Powers, Jennifer S, Russo, Sabrina E, Stynoski, Jennifer L, Valdez, Ursula, Willis, Charles G

“…Understanding tropical biology is important for solving complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic pandemics, but biology…”
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Correction: Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed by Russell, Ann E, Aide, T Mitchell, Braker, Elizabeth, Bruno, Emilio M, Ganong, Carissa N, Hardin, Rebecca D, Holl, Karen D, Hotchkiss, Sara C, Klemens, Jeffrey A, Kuprewicz, Erin K, McClearn, Deedra, Middendorf, George, Ostertag, Rebecca, Powers, Jennifer S, Russo, Sabrina E, Stynoski, Jennifer L, Valdez, Ursula, Willis, Charles G

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674.]…”
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Landscape context mediates avian habitat choice in tropical forest restoration by Reid, J Leighton, Mendenhall, Chase D, Rosales, J Abel, Zahawi, Rakan A, Holl, Karen D

“…Birds both promote and prosper from forest restoration. The ecosystem functions birds perform can increase the pace of forest regeneration and,…”
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Agro-Successional Restoration as a Strategy to Facilitate Tropical Forest Recovery by Vieira, Daniel L.M, Holl, Karen D, Peneireiro, Fabiana M

“…With the increasing need to restore former agricultural lands worldwide and in the tropics, in particular, it is critical to explore different models for how…”
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Tree planting is not a simple solution by Holl, Karen D, Brancalion, Pedro H S

“…Tree planting must be carefully planned and implemented to achieve desired outcomes A plethora of articles suggest that tree planting can overcome a host of…”
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Multi‐scale habitat selection of key frugivores predicts large‐seeded tree recruitment in tropical forest restoration by Reid, J. Leighton, Zahawi, Rakan A., Zárrate‐Chary, Diego A., Rosales, Juan A., Holl, Karen D., Kormann, Urs

“…Large‐seeded, animal‐dispersed (LSAD) trees include some of the most valuable and threatened species in the tropics, but they are chronically underrepresented…”
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Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil by Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Siqueira, Ludmila Pugliese, Amazonas, Nino T., Rizek, Mayte B., Mendes, Alex F., Santiami, Edson L., Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro, Calmon, Miguel, Benini, Rubens, Tymus, Julio R. C., Holl, Karen D., Chaves, Rafael B.

“…The central motivation to restore ecosystems at a planetary scale has been to reverse degradation and provide multiple environmental benefits, but key global…”
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