native and 2 exotics) in a rainfall-soil fertility matrix. As the authors
point out, with the publication of these data, survivorship and early
growth data are available for over 130 species in Mesoamerica
(also see Hall et al., 2011). Cole et al. (2011) describe an experi-
ment that tested the survivorship and growth performance of five
native species using direct seeding methods in abandoned pastures,
plantations, and secondary forest as a way of incorporating late
successional species into these tree planting schemes. They found
significantly higher survival and better growth for seedlings seeded
into plantations as compared to the other two land uses and rec-
ommend direct seeding as a complimentary technique to planting
fast growing and nitrogen fixing trees to restore a landscape.