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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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Tropical forest degradation in the context of climate change: increasing role and research challenges. [K-2215-01] [PDF]
, 2015 While developed countries in temperate regions faced their forest transition about 100 years ago or more, “tropical forest rich” nations still largely depend on forest resources or land clearing for their development.
Chave, Jérôme +2 more
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Inserting Tropical Dry Forests Into the Discussion on Biome Transitions in the Tropics
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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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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Economic valuation of forests and nature : a support tool for effective decision making [PDF]
, 2002 Included are several case studies, like: The Leuser ecosystem, Sumatra; The Borivili National Park, India; Tropical rain forests, Costa Rica; Mangrove forests, Philippines.
Boo, H., de, Lette, H.
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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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Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests [PDF]
, 2002 Ecological orthodoxy suggests that old-growth forests should be close to dynamic equilibrium, but this view has been challenged by recent findings that neotropical forests are accumulating carbon and biomass, possibly in response to the increasing ...
A White +43 more
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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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Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD [PDF]
, 2010 Forest loss and degradation in the tropics contribute 6-17% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Protected areas cover 217.2 million ha (19.6%) of the world's humid tropical forests and contain c.
Alison Campbell +13 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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