Tree community reassembly after selective and clear-cut logging in an Afro-tropical rainforest

Understanding the process of community reassembly is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity and rehabilitation of ecosystems. This study tested whether tree communities in logged forests follow an equilibrium (deterministic) or non-equilibrium (stochastic) model of succession. We assessed reassembly of tree communities in different size classes along a successional gradient consisting of nine differently aged successional forests, namely,...