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Ecologist studies natural rainforest regeneration via animal seed dispersal

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Ecologist Daisy Dent is studying how tropical forests naturally regenerate, focusing on the crucial role of animals in dispersing seeds. Her research in Panama, spanning over a century of data, reveals that diverse ecosystems can recover within decades, offering a low-cost alternative to large-scale monocrop tree-planting initiatives. This natural regeneration process is vital for forests to function as significant carbon sinks. AI

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  1. MIT Technology Review TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthew Ponsford ·

    The ecologist revealing the invisible networks that revive rainforests

    In a research station in central Panama, you can walk through a century of forest time, watching scrubby plots of adolescent trees give way to cathedral-­like canopies of mature growth. Forest ecologist Daisy Dent, a senior scientist at ETH Zurich, oversees this sequence of plots…

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