31: Pre-dispersal seed predators and fungi differ in their effect on Luehea seemannii capsule development, seed germination and dormancy across two Panamanian forests  

Pre-dispersal seed predation can greatly reduce crop size affecting recruitment success. In addition, non-fatal damage by seed predators may allow infection by fungi responsible for post-dispersal...

32: James Franklin Maxwell 1945-2015 – an extraordinary botanist

This is the obituary and life story of J. F. Maxwell "Acharn Max", a talented botanist who established the herbarium in CMU Biology Department in 1992 and continued to curate it until his death in...

33: Selection of native tree species for restoring forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: The framework species method is a well-established tropical forest restoration technique, which involves planting 20-30 indigenous forest trees species, with high survival and growth...

34: The Effects of Fertilizer and Aspirin on Propagation of Ficus Species from Seed

ABSTRACT: Ficus spp. (or fig trees) are keystone species in tropical forest and have been promoted as framework species for forest restoration in Northern Thailand. This study aimed to improve...

35: The potential for automating assisted natural regeneration of tropical forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: Assisted (or accelerated) natural regeneration (ANR) will play an important role in meeting the UN target to restore forest to 350 million hectares of degraded land, by 2030. However,...

36: When does seed limitation matter for scaling up reforestation from patches to landscapes?

There's a neat little app that goes with this paper. Check it out -  https://t-trevorcaughlin.shinyapps.io/ReforestationDynamics ABSTRACT: Restoring forest to hundreds of millions of hectares...

37: Grow a Forest with Lin and Sai - an illustrated story for children

This book is available in a multitude of languages and is open-access. See the download panel on the right, to get a copy in your language. If you cannot find your language there ... you are...

38: Restoring Tropical Forests: a Practical Guide

Available in English, Spanish and French      The authors at a publishers' meeting, Kew 2012Restoring Tropical Forests is a hands-on guide to restoring degraded tropical forest ecosystems. Based...

39: Reproductive Ecology and Propagation of Fig Trees (Ficus spp.) as Framework Trees for Forest Restoration

ABSTRACT: Fig trees (Ficus spp.) have been promoted as framework species for tropical forest restoration, because they are considered to be keystone species. This study investigated the...

40: Book Review: Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region by David Lamb. 

Image David Lamb, one of the founding fathers of forest restoration science in the Asia Pacific region, and an enthusiastic patron of FORRU-CMU, penned "Regreeening...