Global tropical dry forest extent and cover: A comparative study of bioclimatic definitions using two climatic data sets. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 There is a debate concerning the definition and extent of tropical dry forest biome and vegetation type at a global spatial scale. We identify the potential extent of the tropical dry forest biome based on bioclimatic definitions and climatic data sets ...
Jonathan Pando Ocón +7 more
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Inserting Tropical Dry Forests Into the Discussion on Biome Transitions in the Tropics [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Tropical moist forests and savannas are iconic biomes. There is, however, a third principal biome in the lowland tropics that is less well known: tropical dry forest.
Kyle G. Dexter +8 more
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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
Bongers, F. +4 more
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Diversity, above-ground biomass, and vegetation patterns in a tropical dry forest in Kimbi-Fungom National Park, Cameroon [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Research highlights: This study is one of few detailed analyses of plant diversity and vegetation patterns in African dry forests. We established permanent plots to characterize plant diversity, above-ground biomass, and vegetation patterns in a tropical
Moses N. Sainge +2 more
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Multidimensional tree niches in a tropical dry forest. [PDF]
Ecology, 2017 AbstractThe extent to which interspecific niche differences structure plant communities is highly debated, with extreme viewpoints ranging from fine‐scaled niche partitioning, where every species in the community is specialized to a distinct niche, to neutrality, where species have no niche or fitness differences.
Pulla S +3 more
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Ants from the tropical dry forest in the Cauca River geographic valley, Colombia: new records and expansion of distributions. [PDF]
Biodivers Data JBautista-Giraldo MA +3 more
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Revison of Metaplagia Coquillett (Diptera: Tachinidae) with description of five new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 We revise the genus Metaplagia Coquillett, 1895 and describe five new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica. All new species were reared from an ongoing inventory of wild-caught caterpillars spanning a variety of ...
AJ Fleming +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Tropical dry forest is one of the most threatened ecosystems, and it is disappearing at an alarming rate. Shifting cultivation is commonly cited as a driver of tropical dry forest loss, although it helps to maintain the forest coverage but with less ...
Yan Gao +3 more
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Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga) in the spotlight: an overview of species of Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces (Eurotiales) and the description of P. vascosobrinhous sp. nov. [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2020 A literature-based checklist of species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces recorded in the Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga), the largest tropical dry forest region in South America, is provided.
Renan do Nascimento Barbosa +6 more
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Spatiotemporal changes in biomass after selective logging in a lowland tropical rainforest in peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
, 2021 We studied biomass changes in a lowland tropical rain forest in the Pasoh Forest Reserve of Peninsular Malaysia after selective logging in 1958. A tree census was undertaken every 2 years from 1998 to 2012 in a 6-ha logged forest plot.
Eng, Seng Quah +9 more
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