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Free Pasture of Exotic Goats Reduces Diversity and Negatively Affects Body Condition in Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) Assemblage From Brazilian Seasonal Dry Tropical Forest

Ecology and Evolution
Extensive grazing carried out freely by exotic goats represents an important source of anthropogenic degradation in seasonally dry tropical forests of Brazil. The presence of these herbivores may negatively impact the local fauna through the reduction of
Thayna Rhayane Brito‐Almeida, Stênio Ítalo Araújo Foerster, José Rivaldo Lima, Meykson Alexandre daSilva, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa deMoura, André Felipe deAraujo Lira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variations in the plasticity of functional traits indicate the differential impacts of abiotic and biotic factors on the structure and growth of trees in tropical dry forest fragments. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2023
Chaturvedi RK, Pandey SK, Tripathi A, Goparaju L, Raghubanshi AS, Singh JS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal Fire Patterns and Post‐fire Forest Change in Peru (2000–2021)

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire is increasingly more frequent and severe in many tropical regions, leading to significant forest loss, diminished biodiversity, and reduced Nature's contributions to people (NCPs). In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in Peru and its regions, focusing on: (1) burned area, (2) size, and (3) number of fires, using ...
Maricel Móstiga, Dolors Armenteras, Jordi Vayreda, Javier Retana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild Bee Diversity and Bee–Plant Interactions in Tropical and Temperate Forest Clearings in a Natural Protected Area in Central West Mexico

Insects
Background: Bees rely on plants for nutrition and reproduction, making the preservation of natural areas crucial as pollinator reservoirs. Seasonal tropical dry forests are among the richest habitats for bees, but only 27% of their original extent ...
Alvaro Edwin Razo-León, Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Claudia Aurora Uribe-Mú, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Hugo Eduardo Fierros-López, Miguel Vásquez-Bolaños, Gustavo Moya-Raygoza, Pablo Carrillo-Reyes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon, Nitrogen, and Corresponding Stable Isotope Signatures Reveal Channel Banks as Major Sediment Sources in a Tropical Agricultural Watershed

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Uncertainties about the applicability of δ13C and δ15N as tracers of sediment sources in tropical river basins highlight the need for more in‐depth investigations of these isotopes. This study therefore assessed the effectiveness of δ13C and δ15N signatures in discriminating sediment sources in an agricultural catchment in Northeast Brazil ...
Fábio Farias Amorim, Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva, Rennan Cabral Nascimento, Ygor Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva, Angelo Jamil Maia, Tales Tiecher, Jean Paolo Gomes Minella, Yusheng Zhang, Hari Ram Upadhayay, Simon Pulley, Adrian L. Collins   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023
Werden LK, Averill C, Crowther TW, Calderón-Morales E, Toro L, Alvarado JP, Gutiérrez LM, Mallory DE, Powers JS.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Application of Principal Component Analysis and Probabilistic Neural Networks in Ferralsols Recovery Evaluation Through Planting of Mabea Fistulifera and Eucalyptus Urograndis

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an innovative assessment model for analyzing the evolution of degraded soils subjected to different reclamation strategies. The proposal combines statistical and artificial intelligence tools to jointly integrate multiple physical and chemical soil properties, allowing for a more synthetic view of the processes.
Melissa Alexandre Santos, Borja Velázquez‐Martí, Jorge João Delfim, Laura Silva Nantes, Jose Augusto Liberato de Souza, Gabriel Augusto da Silva Lunardelli, Dayara Vivian Alvares, Carolina dos Santos Batista Bonini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying soil erosion and soil organic carbon conservation services in indian forests: A RUSLE-SDR and GIS-based assessment

Ecological Indicators
Indian forests, having sixteen types of vegetation, provide various ecosystem services. Forests reduce water erosion of soil, reduce floods and conserve low river flow during dry seasons.
Rajiv Pandey, Divya Mehta, Vinay Kumar, Ravi Prakash Pradhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biological soil crusts decrease infiltration but increase erosion resistance in a human-disturbed tropical dry forest. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Szyja M, Felde VJMNL, Lückel S, Tabarelli M, Leal IR, Büdel B, Wirth R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Phylogenetic relationships in two African Cedreloideae genera (Meliaceae) reveal multiple rain/dry forest transitions [PDF]

, 2018
Establishing phylogenetic relationships allows investigating how species diversity has evolved in various ecosystems. The genera Entandrophragma and Khaya contain tree species distributed in different African biomes (lowland rain forest, lowland dry ...
Bouka, Ulrich Gaël, Demenou, Boris B., Doumenge, Charles, Duminil, Jérôme, Ekué, Marius Rodrigue Mensah, Hardy, Olivier J., Mc Key, Doyle, Migliore, Jérémy, Monthe, Franck   +8 more
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