By analyzing the #SecondarySuccessionDynamics of a #SubtropicalForest in Southeast China over 68 years, Shan Rao et al. showed that exploring the contribution of #SpeciesColonization and #Extinction is likely the key to gaining a more mechanistic understanding of the drivers of #CommunityPhylogenetic and #FunctionalStructures over succession.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtad008