Secondary forests of central Panama increase in similarity to old‐growth forest over time in shade tolerance but not species composition

Question Does species and functional composition of secondary tropical forests more closely follow a deterministic or a stochastic model of succession? Location The B arro C olorado N ature M onument ( BCNM ), central P anama. The BCNM comprises B arro C olorado I sland ( BCI ) and five adjacent mainland peninsulas and is a mosaic of tropical old‐growth ( OG ) and secondary forests ( SF ). Methods We studied the species and functional...