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First record of the Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829) (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) from Bhutan

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
During a patrolling duty in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) in Bhutan, a lone male Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelan was observed and photographed.
Kado Rinchen, Kinley Kinley, Chhimi Dorji, Dorji Wangmo   +3 more
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Amazonian secondary forests are greatly reducing fragmentation and edge exposure in old-growth forests

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Restoration of tropical landscapes through the expansion of secondary forests is crucial for climate change mitigation and offers co-benefits for biodiversity.
Charlotte C Smith, Jos Barlow, John R Healey, Leonardo de Sousa Miranda, Paul J Young, Naomi B Schwartz   +5 more
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Functional analysis of secondary tropical dry forests in a region of the Colombia, Caribbean [PDF]

, 2013
Secondary tropical forests are increasingly recognized for their role conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and this role is especially important for seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF), one of the most threatened tropical forested ...
Castellanos Castro, C
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Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico [PDF]

, 2011
Vegetation and environment change mutually during secondary succession, yet the idiosyncrasies of the vegetation effect on the understorey environment are poorly understood. To test whether the successional understorey environment changes predictably and
Lebrija Trejos, E.E., Pérez-Garcia, E.A., Meave, J., Bongers, F., Poorter, L.   +4 more
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Plant community dynamics in an urban forest fragment of the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil

Hoehnea, 2020
We present a synthesis (2006-2012) of plant community dynamics in an area (1 ha) of the largest remnant of Atlantic Rain Forest surrounded by São Paulo city.
Hebert Kondrat, Sonia Aragaki, Eduardo Pereira Cabral Gomes   +2 more
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Cecropia manauara (Urticaceae), a new species from the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

Acta Botânica Brasílica
A new species of Cecropia (Urticaceae) is described for Amazonas state, Brazil. Collecting and processing of the vouchers followed the usual procedures for botanical specimens.
Daniel Praia Portela de Aguiar, Layon Oreste Demarchi, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Rosane Garcia Collevatti, Paulo Roberto Da-Silva, Henrique Borges Zamengo de Souza, André Luiz Gaglioti   +6 more
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Estimates of Litter Productivity at Fallow Land in Womnowi, Sidey District, Manokwari

Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia, 2020
Aspects of litter productivity in fallow land in Manokwari, Western Papua need to be investigated because litter has the potential to increase soil fertility. The objective of this research was to count and estimate litter productivity in 15 years-fallow
Slamet Arif Susanto, Heru Joko Budirianto, Agatha Cecilia Maturbongs   +2 more
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Aspectos fitossociológicos, florísticos e etnobotânicos das palmeiras (Arecaceae) de floresta secundária no município de Bragança, PA, Brasil Phytosociological, floristic, and ethnobotanical aspects of the palms (Arecaceae) in a secondary forest in the Municipality of Bragança, Pará State, Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2005
Este trabalho teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento das palmeiras em seis fragmentos de floresta secundária, no município de Bragança, PA, Brasil.
Antônio Elielson Sousa da Rocha, Manoela Ferreira Fernandes da Silva   +1 more
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Mexican agricultural frontier communities differ in forest dynamics with consequences for conservation and restoration

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Forest regrowth is key to achieve restoration commitments, but a general lack of understanding when it occurs and how long secondary forests persist hampers effective upscaling.
Madelon Lohbeck, Ben DeVries, Frans Bongers, Miguel Martinez‐Ramos, Armando Navarrete‐Segueda, Sergio Nicasio‐Arzeta, Christina Siebe, Aline Pingarroni, Germán Wies, Mathieu Decuyper   +9 more
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Understanding Land Cover Change in a Fragmented Forest Landscape in a Biodiversity Hotspot of Coastal Ecuador

Remote Sensing, 2018
Understanding forest cover changes is especially important in highly threatened and understudied tropical dry forest landscapes. This research uses Landsat images and a Random Forest classifier (RF) to map old-growth, secondary, and plantation forests ...
Xavier Haro-Carrión, Jane Southworth
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