The research was based on 20 years of field monitoring. Credit: Paulo Brando Even after fires, severe droughts, and windstorms, the vegetation in degraded Amazonian forests demonstrates a high capacity for regeneration, including tree species. However, recovery occurs under new ecological conditions, resulting in a loss of diversity and increased vulnerability to new disturbances. Resilient forests, but shifting species Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that vulnerable species are being replaced by more resilient, generalist species. According to the authors, this indicates the formation of homogeneous forests but not a trend toward savannization, as some previous studies had suggested. This process reinforces the resilience of the biome.…