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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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Measuring the conservation value of tropical primary forests : the effect of occasional species on estimates of biodiversity uniqueness [PDF]
, 2010 Background Developing effective conservation plans for multi-functional landscapes requires an accurate knowledge of the relative conservation value of different land-uses.
Louzada, Julio +3 more
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Two decades of change in Ghanaian forests [PDF]
, 2012 Understanding the impacts and synergies of the many threats facing tropical forests is a key research challenge. Here, three potential threats are addressed: drought, fire and lianas.
Fauset, Sophie
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Improved timber harvest techniques maintain biodiversity in tropical forests [PDF]
, 2014 Tropical forests are selectively logged at 20 times the rate at which they are cleared, and at least a fifth have already been disturbed in this way. In a recent pan-tropical assessment, Burivalova et al.
Edwards, David P. +3 more
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Changes in and driving forces of ecosystem services in tropical southwestern China
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Tropical forests provide important ecosystem services and biodiversity for the world. With human activities and economic growth, tropical forests are becoming the primary sources of new plantations, making tropical regions hotspots of ecosystem service ...
Jianbo Yang +9 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Anthropogenic activities are degrading forest health globally. Detection of changes in forest growth rates is possible with field measures of total net primary productivity (tNpp), however, assessing forest adaptive capacity was historically challenging ...
Angela M. Klock +9 more
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Wildfire, Climate Change, Forest Resilience, and Carbon Solutions
Parks Stewardship Forum, 2023 Wildfire is natural in many temperate forests but unnatural in tropical rainforests and certain other ecosystems. Human-caused climate change is intensifying the heat that drives wildfire. Preventive burning in temperate forests, halting deforestation in
Patrick Gonzalez
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Plant Diversity, 2017 Soil seed banks are a vital part of ecosystems and influence community dynamics and regeneration. Although soil seed banks in different habitats have been reported, how soil seed banks vary with elevational gradients in different climatic zones is still ...
Xiaqin Luo +6 more
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The importance of old secondary forests for understory birds in the tropical Andes
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Deforestation is perhaps the greatest threat to tropical biodiversity. Anyway, extensive areas in the tropics have naturally regenerated and become secondary forests, which might mitigate biodiversity loss.
Angela M. Vargas-Daza +3 more
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Beyond Tropical Storms: Understanding Disturbance and Forest Dynamics
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Most of the knowledge of tropical storm effects on forests is from studies conducted in reserves and protected areas. Effects on other settings such as urban forests, coastal forests, and in landscapes with mixed land uses and covers are, comparatively ...
Tamara Heartsill-Scalley +1 more
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