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.
Publications
Werden, L. K., Cole, R. J., Schönhofer, K., Holl, K. D., Zahawi, R. A., Averill, C., Schweizer, D., Calvo-Alvarado, J. C., Hamilton, D., Joyce, F. H., San-José, M., Hofhansl, F., Briggs, L., Rodríguez, D., Tingle, J. W., Chiriboga, F., Broadbent, E. N., Quirós-Cedeño, G. J., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Assessing innovations for upscaling forest landscape restoration. One Earth, 7(9), 1515-1525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.07.011
Schweizer, D., Cole, R.J., Werden, L.K., Cedeño, G.Q., Rodriguez, D., Navarro, K., Esquivel, J.M., Max, S., Chiriboga, F.E., Zahawi, R.A., Holl, K.D. and Crowther, T.W. (2024), Review and assessment of smartphone apps for forest restoration monitoring. Restor Ecol, 32: e14136. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14136
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
Ant–scale mutualism increases scale infestation, decreases folivory, and disrupts biological control in restored tropical forests. AJ Kulikowski - Biotropica, 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
Seed rain under tree islands planted to restore degraded lands in a tropical agricultural landscape. RJ Cole, KD Holl, RA Zahawi - Ecological Applications, 2010