Partial recovery of a tropical rain forest a half‐century after clear‐cut and selective logging

Summary The extent to which tropical rain forests recover tree species richness, composition and community structure after clear‐cutting or selective harvest is controversial. Thus, the conservation value of forests regenerated after harvest remains unclear, but critically important for biodiversity. We sampled trees from 164 25 × 25 m quadrats across a 160‐km 2 tropical rain forest landscape on Hainan Island, China, which had been clear‐cut or...