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Research

We pioneer practical methods for restoring forests on degraded tropical lands and collaborate with universities in the US, Central and South America, and Europe to host innovative and long-term research.

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Publications

Assisted restoration interventions drive functional recovery of tropical wet forest tree communities. LK Werden, S Zarges, KD Holl, CL Oliver… - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022.

Coffee pulp accelerates early tropical forest succession on old fields. RJ Cole, RA Zahawi - Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2021

Applied nucleation facilitates tropical forest recovery: Lessons learned from a 15‐year study. KD Holl, JL Reid, RJ Cole, F Oviedo‐Brenes… - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020

The landscape genetic signature of pollination by trapliners: evidence from the tropical herb, Heliconia tortuosa. F Torres-Vanegas, AS Hadley, UG Kormann, FA Jones… - Frontiers in Genetics, 2019

Leaf litter arthropod responses to tropical forest restoration. RJ Cole, KD Holl, RA Zahawi, P Wickey, AR Townsend - Ecology and Evolution, 2016

Seed dispersal limitations shift over time in tropical forest restoration. JL Reid, KD Holl, RA Zahawi - Ecological Applications, 2015

Testing applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate tropical forest recovery. RA Zahawi, KD Holl, RJ Cole, JL Reid - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2013

Direct seeding of late-successional trees to restore tropical montane forest. RJ Cole, KD Holl, CL Keene, RA Zahawi - Forest Ecology and Management, 2011

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