Seedling recruitment under isolated trees in a tea plantation provides a template for forest restoration in eastern Africa

• Henry J. Ndangalasi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botany Department, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3738-6405

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• Cristina Martínez-Garza,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

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• Tesakiah C. A. Harjo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Clayton A. Pedigo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Rebecca J. Wilson,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Norbert J. Cordeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ncordeiro@fieldmuseum.org

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Negaunee Integrative Research, Science & Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-0636

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