Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas (eBook, PDF)

Ecology, Conservation, and Management
Redaktion: Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo; Quesada, Mauricio; Fernandes, Geraldo W.; Powers, Jennifer S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics: the tropical seasonal dry forests. Written by the best experts in studying these forests and leaders of the initiative on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, this reference will be the major synthesis of knowledge on the state of tropical dry forests of the Americas. It addresses new approaches for data sampling and analysis using remote sensing technology, and discusses new ecological and econometric methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the economic model used and to recognize ecosystem services at the continental level and at the national level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466512016
• Artikelnr.: 40066841

Autorenporträt

Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Jennifer S. Powers, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Mauricio Quesada

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: The Tropi-Dry
Endeavour. Tropical Dry Forest Ecological Succession in Mexico: Synthesis
of a long-term study. The status of knowledge, conservation and management
of tropical dry forest in the Magdalena river valley, Colombia. Brazilian
Tropical Dry forest on basalt and limestone outcrops: status of knowledge
and perspectives. Tropical dry forests of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil:
diversity, conservation status and natural regeneration. A Review of Remote
Sensing of Tropical Dry Forests. Phenological patterns of tropical dry
forest along latitudinal and successional gradients in the Neotropics.
Plant functional trait variation in tropical dry forests: A review and
synthesis. Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Dry Forests. Edge Influence on
canopy openness and understory microclimate in two neotropical dry forest
fragments. Fruit-eating bats and birds of three seasonal tropical dry
forests in the Americas. Spatio-temporal dynamics of insects in a Brazilian
Tropical Dry Forest. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: essential belowground
organisms in tropical dry environments. An evaluation of Rainfall
interception in secondary TDFs. Linkages between ecosystem structure,
composition and leaf area index along a tropical dry forest chronosequence
in Mexico. Seed Germination of Arboreal-Shrub Species with Different
Dispersal Mechanisms in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest. Inter-specific and
inter-annual variation in foliar phenological patterns in a successional
mosaic of a dry forest in the Central Llanos of Venezuela. Floristic,
Structural and Functional Group Variations in Tree Assemblages in a
Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest: Effects of Successional Stage and Soil
Properties. Tree diameter growth of three successional stages of tropical
dry forests, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Costa Rica. CO2 enrichment effects
in the spectral signature of lianas and tree species from tropical dry
forests. Tropical dry forests in L