tropical dry forest conservation
The role of tropical dry forests for biodiversity, carbon and water conservation in the neotropics: lessons learned and opportunities for its sustainable management
... TDF conservation and sustainable management given its impacts on human livelihoods at all geographic ...the dry season or its lush green during the rainy season has drawn the attention of a growing tourism ...
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Diversity and species turnover of amphibians and reptiles assemblajes among biotopes in a highly disturbed tropical dry forest landscape of northern Colombia
... the forest cover treat and the water resource applied for example to crops (OP), change the water supply and demand and thereby the ecophysiology behavior, quality and survival of amphians and reptiles (Pereira ...
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... The tropical dry forest is a greatly endangered ecosystem, from which Jacaratia mexicana is a native ...in conservation actions for this genetic ...
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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHITE-NOSED COATI, Nasua narica, IN A TROPICAL DRY FOREST OF WESTERN MEXICO
... Pathogens and parasites could became a density dependent factor of mortality and a management and conservation problem (Aguirre and Starkey, 1994; Holmes, 1996; May, 1988). The dispersion of a disease or parasite ...
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New records of Odonata from a tropical dry forest in the department of Huila, Colombia
... For an extremely-diverse country like Colombia, discussion of the geographic distribution of a spe- cies within the country seems to be useless and unnecessary. However, to know the number of species present and ...
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Changes in composition and structure of a Tropical Dry Forest following intermittent cattle grazing
... renowned conservation e fforts of establishing protected areas (Boza 1993), the agriculture, cattle, and timber indus- tries still threaten the biodiversity of this small country (Hunter 1994, Vandermeer and ...
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Tree species composition, breeding systems, and pollination and dispersal syndromes in three forest successional stages in a tropical dry forest in Mesoamerica
... Tropical dry forests (TDF) in Mesoamerica are highly endangered by the expansion of human activities (e.g., agriculture and cattle ranching). In contrast, TDF in Costa Rica have experienced outstanding ...
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Neotropical dry forest wildlife water hole use and management
... Guanacaste Conservation Area (GCA), Costa Rica, located 30 km north of Liberia, the Guanacaste Province ...primary dry forest (several hun dred hectares) and restore the rest to tropical ...
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Swimming ability in three Costa Rican dry forest rodents
... MATERIALS AND METHODS Sherman live traps (8x9x23 cm) were used to capture rodents on dry land at the marsh’s edge and on emergent vegetation over four days. Thirteen individuals were used in swim trials: five ...
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Secondary stem anatomy and uses of four drought deciduous species of a tropical dry forest in México
... In spite of the scant uses reported in the literature for these species, our field data revealed that they are widely used in the three communities under study. The present com- mon uses given to these species are based ...
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Are government incentives effective for avoided deforestation in the tropical Andean forest?
... less-traditional conservation initiatives such as programs of payments for ecosystem services called, more broadly, direct payments for ...the forest would have been deforested in the absence of the ...
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Phenology of the tree Sideroxylon capiri (Sapotaceae) at the tropical dry forest in Costa Rica [Spanish]
... Los resultados de esta investigación per- miten concluir que el tempisque tiene un com- portamiento fenológico distinto al de muchos otros árboles nativos del Bosque Seco Tropical y que no puede comprenderse ...
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CIERVO BIBLIOGRAFÍA RECIENTE COMENTADA SOBRE MAMÍFEROS
... Rodríguez-Soto, C., O. Monroy, L. Maiorano, L. Boitani, J.C. Faller, M.A. Briones, R. Núñez, O. Rosas, G. Ceballos y A. Falcucci. 2011. Predicting potential distribution of the jaguar (Panthera onca) in Mexico: ...
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Is the inverse leafing phenology of the dry forest understory shrub Jacquinia nervosa (Theophrastaceae) a strategy to escape herbivory?
... consecutive dry sea- sons shows the scarcity of efficient dispersers (Janzen 1970b), and indicates that vertebrate dispersers are not an important selective pres- sure for frugivorous ...
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A key to the adult Costa Rican “helicopter” damselflies (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) with notes on their phenology and life zone preferences
... 1989a). However in April and May, during the late dry season and early wet season, the ven- tral surface of a male’s fore wings began to darken, gradually turning black. When the male perched, only the black tips ...
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ESPACIO DE APRENDIZAJE GESTIÓN MARINO COSTERA
... Marine biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities for tropical reefs.. Ecogeomorphic models of nutrient.[r] ...
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A phytosociological survey of the boreal forest (Vaccinio-Piceetea) in North America
... 6. Betulo nanae-Piceetum glaucae ass. nova hoc loco Nomenclatural type: Table 11, rel. 341, holotypus. Closely related communities: Picea glauca-Rhytidium rugosum community (Lausi & Nimis 1991); Betula nana-Picea ...
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Propagules of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a secondary dry forest of Oaxaca, Mexico
... a tropical dry forest subjected to traditional agricultural practices of slash-burn with a posterior aban- ...the dry season, between November and April, and the rainy season, from May to ...
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Aboveground biomass equations for sustainable production of fuelwood in a native dry tropical afro montane forest of Ethiopia
... are using tree diameter and total height as independent variables to estimate biomass for different tree 326. compartments[r] ...
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Epiphyte diversity and biomass loads of canopy emergent trees in Chilean temperate rain forests: A neglected functional component
... We assessed the biomass of epiphytes in the focal trees by removing and weighing all epiphyte material (live biomass and detritus). Additionally, based on this experience, we conducted visual estimates of the epiphyte ...
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