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Ecology of Tropical Dry Forest
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1986widespread, usually transitional between semidesert or savanna and moist forest. About 40% of the earth's tropical and subtropical landmass is dominated by open or closed forest. Of this, 42% is dry forest, 33% is moist forest, and only 25% is wet and rain forest (sensu Holdridge, 42; 15). We will never know the true original or potential extent of dry
P G Murphy, A E Lugo
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Tropical dry forests in New Caledonia
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2003Tropical dry forest is the most endangered major vegetation type in the New Caledonia biodiversity hotspot. Vegetation surveys following a transect method used by Gentry were undertaken in two tropical dry forest sites, Ouen-Toro and Pindai, in order to compare species richness, floristic composition, and structure.
Thomas W Gillespie, Tanquy Jaffré
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Global Overview of Tropical Dry Forests
2020Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth's land surface. Tropical dry forests are the second-most-important forest type in the world covering approximately 42% of tropical and sub-tropical forest area. The main features of these forests are their deciduousness, a prolonged dry period extending 3-9 months, and little annual precipitation of 250-2,000
G. N. Tanjina Hasnat +1 more
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Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests
1995Prolonged seasonal drought affects most of the tropics, including vast areas presently or recently dominated by 'dry forests'. These forests have received scant attention, despite the fact that humans have used and changed them more than rain forests. This volume reviews the available information, often making contrasts with wetter forests. The world's
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Ecotones and LiDAR in tropical dry forests
2023Secondary succession is defined as natural regeneration following complete forest clearance from anthropogenic or natural disturbances. Traditional strategies aimed to map and characterize secondary succession using remote sensing are usually based on deterministic approaches, where transitions between successional stages are not considered.
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Diversity and Distribution of Tropical Dry Forests
2020Tropical dry forests occur as patches in Tamil Nadu distributed along the East Coast, Eastern Ghats, and plains of the Indian Peninsula. The floristic studies of these regions are of great national relevance as plant resources in a tropical climate contribute to national wealth.
Raja Prakasam +2 more
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The microclimate of a dry tropical forest
Agricultural Meteorology, 1980Abstract A microclimatic characterization of a dry tropical evergreen forest and a nearby clearing is presented. It is based on meteorological data for selected time intervals of approximately two weeks each, which span different stages of the monsoon cycle.
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Plant Functional Traits in Tropical Dry Forests
2020Plants have certain characteristics which allow them to respond to various environmental conditions, like changes in climate, water scarcity in the soil, lack of minerals; among others. In some of these traits, the responses to climatic phenomena such as drought can be evidenced through morphological adaptations (spines, succulent tissues, trichomes ...
Shipra Singh, Abhishek K. Verma
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Ecosystem Services in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests
2011Human populations depend for their survival and well-being on benefits derived from ecosystems, also called ecosystem services (MA 2003). The nature, magnitude, and reliability of the services provided by a certain ecosystem depend on its particular characteristics, the human group that interacts with it, and the nature of their interaction (MA 2003 ...
Patricia Balvanera +2 more
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Tropical dry deciduous forests of Peninsular India
Feddes Repertorium, 1977AbstractThe paper deals with structure, composition, floristic elements, bio‐climatic conditions and palaeoecology of the dry deciduous forests. On the basis of dominance, these forests are divided into the teak, sal and miscellaneous types and the latter intoAnogeissus latifolia‐Terminalia, Hardwickia binataandAnogeissus pendulasub‐types.
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