<p> Supplementary material</p><p>Table 1. Locality, climatic and soil conditions of the experimental stations in southern Brazil where the regeneration of eucalypts was assessed </p><p>Experimenta Lat Long Alt Climate* AAT PP (mm) Soil l Station Anhembi 22°40' S 48°10' W 455 m Aw-Cwa 23 °C 1100 Ferrali c Arenos ol Itatinga 23°10' S 48°40' W 850 m Cwa 20 °C 1350 Ferrals ols Legend: Lat: Latitude; Long: Longitude; Alt: Altitude; AAT: Annual Average Temperature; and PP: Mean Annual Precipitation. Climate by Köppen classification: Aw – tropical savanna climate; Cwa – humid subtropical climates with dry winter</p><p>Table 2. Significance level of variance analysis for seedlings and trees</p><p>Seedlings Trees Source F-value P- value F-value P- value Species 3.22 <.0001 2.62 0.0012 Experimental Station- ES 13.75 0.0002 0.01 0.9033 Plots Position 0.73 0.6236 11.20 <.0001 Neighbor Vegetation-NV 0.18 0.9513 3.26 0.0112 Species x ES 10.07 <.0001 0.01 10.000 Species X Plots 0.79 0.9109 2.01 <.0001 Species X NV 0.82 0.6672 5.16 <.0001</p><p>Table 3. Information on individuals that showed regeneration in both experimental stations</p><p>Experimenta Neighbor Small Age* Species Plots Seedlings Trees Observations l Station vegetation Seedlings (years) Anhembi Corymbia Natural v 0-10 - 1 26 22 Gap** citriodora vegetation Eucalyptus Natural v 0-10 - - 14 33 grandis vegetation Natural t 0-10 - - 2 vegetation Occurrence of Natural t 20-30 - - 1 33 fire two years vegetation earlier Commercial t 0-10 - - 1 stand v 0-10 Natural - 1 12 35 Gap vegetation Natural v 10-20 - - 1 vegetation v 0-10 Pasture - 3 13 Natural 39 Gap v 0-10 - - 4 vegetation Natural v 0-10 - - 3 vegetation Natural v 20-30 - - 1 vegetation Remains of Commercial 25 canopy v 0-10 - 16 13 stand Eucalyptus v 0-10 Pasture - - 7 urophylla v 20-30 Pasture - - 1 Commercial v 0-10 - - 7 stand Remains of 15 Natural canopy v 0-10 - - 12 vegetation Commercial v 0-10 - - 4 15 stand Eucalyptus Natural t 0-10 - - 2 20 Gap saligna vegetation Eucalyptus Commercial t 0-10 - 2 1 20 robusta stand Itatinga Eucalyptus Commercial t 0-10 - 1 1 18 grandis stand Eucalyptus Commercial t 0-10 - 1 - 18 urophylla stand *Age of eucalypts stand; ** Gap - area with disturbance that results in an opening in the vegetation Figure 1- Scheme of the seven plots locations, on all sides of each plantation. Width varies according to stand size and length of 10 m. NV: neighboring vegetation. </p>