the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.30200035 and 30670370);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No. 021627);Field Station Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,and theChinese Academy of Sciences Advisory Program (Grant Nos. KSCX2-SW-132 andKSCX2-SW-133)
Tropical forests continue to vanish rapidly,but few long-term studies have ever examined if and how the lost forests can be restored.Based on a 45-year restoration study in south China,we found that a tropical rain fo...