Christopher Wills Quotes (3 Quotes)

If you damage a forest a little bit, the forest can recover. Even damaged ecosystems can be restored to their former diversity through natural processes if they are allowed to do so.

Ecologists have debated for decades whether there is ecological value to species diversity. We found that in forests throughout the New and Old World tropics, older trees are more diverse than younger ones. In other words, diversity is actually selected f

What our paper shows quite clearly is that this process is happening in small parts of the forest. What you end up with ... is perhaps fewer trees by the time all these weeding-out processes have gone on, but there is a more diverse collection of trees.