And the connection between successional groups and key functional traits was less clear than we had anticipated.

This classification using the Atlantic Forest data didn’t quite align with the traditional classifications of successional groups found in the literature

Our extensive dataset enabled to systematically classify 2,794 species into successional groups using a data-driven approach, a list which is shared as Supplementary Material.

The study shows that secondary tree communities are notably distinct, but these is not the case for other successional stages

New article published @JEcology uses a wide dataset for the #AtlanticForest to challenge classical ideas on #TropicalForest secondary succession. A thread

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