International audience1. Most tropical forests are now severely degraded and their ability to recover is highly dependent on frugivores which ensure seed dispersal for most woody plants. The global collapse of large vertebrates therefore raises major concerns about tropical forest succession, but few field studies have been conducted to disentangle recruitment limitations during disrupted succession.2. This study took place on Réunion (Mascarenes) where all large native frugivores have been extinct since human colonisation in 1665 and where multiple invasions threaten native ecosystems. We set up 20 experimental blocks on a lava flow dated back to 1800, in plant-impoverished post-defaunation vegetation bordered by old-growth forests. We ass...
Both dispersal- and niche-based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...
Seed dispersal contributes significantly to tropical forest maintenance, influencing processes, such...
Both dispersal‐ and niche‐based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...
Tropical forests are mostly dominated by fleshy-fruited plants, which are dispersed by frugivorous v...
International audienceThe loss of large frugivores leads to seed dispersal loss and regeneration fai...
Plant regeneration plays a critical role in the maintenance of species diversity in tropical rainfor...
This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this recordForest remn...
International audienceTropical rainforests worldwide are under increasing pressure from human activi...
Selective logging in tropical forests is restricted to a few species, the so-called commercial speci...
Dispersal, recruitment and establishment limitations are crucial processes shaping forest compositio...
Quantifying the impact of habitat disturbance on ecosystem function is critical to understanding and...
Since its emergence, roughly 2.5 million years ago, the island of La Réunion, situated 800 km from t...
Because plant-frugivore interactions are not species-specific, there is potential competition, not o...
International audienceThe mechanisms by which species richness of tropical forests is maintained are...
International audienceFrugivore loss has the potential to alter the regeneration of tropical hyperdi...
Both dispersal- and niche-based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...
Seed dispersal contributes significantly to tropical forest maintenance, influencing processes, such...
Both dispersal‐ and niche‐based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...
Tropical forests are mostly dominated by fleshy-fruited plants, which are dispersed by frugivorous v...
International audienceThe loss of large frugivores leads to seed dispersal loss and regeneration fai...
Plant regeneration plays a critical role in the maintenance of species diversity in tropical rainfor...
This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this recordForest remn...
International audienceTropical rainforests worldwide are under increasing pressure from human activi...
Selective logging in tropical forests is restricted to a few species, the so-called commercial speci...
Dispersal, recruitment and establishment limitations are crucial processes shaping forest compositio...
Quantifying the impact of habitat disturbance on ecosystem function is critical to understanding and...
Since its emergence, roughly 2.5 million years ago, the island of La Réunion, situated 800 km from t...
Because plant-frugivore interactions are not species-specific, there is potential competition, not o...
International audienceThe mechanisms by which species richness of tropical forests is maintained are...
International audienceFrugivore loss has the potential to alter the regeneration of tropical hyperdi...
Both dispersal- and niche-based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...
Seed dispersal contributes significantly to tropical forest maintenance, influencing processes, such...
Both dispersal‐ and niche‐based factors can impose major barriers on tree establishment. Our underst...