Tropical dry forests in the Americas : ecology, conservation, and management
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Boca Raton :
Taylor & Francis,
[2014]
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781466512016 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Tropical dry forests in the Americas : the tropi-dry endeavor / Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Jennifer S. Powers, and Mauricio Quesada
- 2. Tropical dry forest ecological succession in Mexico : synthesis of a long-term study / Mauricio Quesada, Mariana Álvarez-Añorve, Luis Ávila-Cabadilla, Alicia Castillo, Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Silvana Martén-Rodríguez, Victor Rosas-Guerrero, Roberto Sáyago, Gumersindo Sánchez-Montoya, José Miguel Contreras-Sánchez, Francisco Balvino-Olvera, Sergio Ricardo Olvera-García, Sergio Lopez-Valencia, and Natalia Valdespino-Vázquez
- 3. Status of knowledge, conservation, and management of tropical dry forest in the Magdalena River Valley, Colombia / Fernando Fernández-Méndez, Omar Melo, Esteban Alvarez, Uriel Perez, and Alfredo Lozano
- -4. Brazilian tropical dry forest on basalt and limestone outcrops : status of knowledge and perspectives / Marcel Coelho, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, and Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa
- 5. Tropical dry forests of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil : diversity, conservation status, and natural regeneration / Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Lemuel Olívio-Leite, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes, Magno Augusto Zazá-Borges, Luiz Alberto Dolabela-Falcão, Flávia Fonseca-Pezzini, Ricardo Louro-Berbara, Henrique Maia-Valério, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Manoel Reinaldo-Leite, Carlos Magno Santos-Clemente, and Marcos Esdras-Leite
- 6. A review of remote sensing of tropical dry forests / Michael Hesketh and Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa
- -7. Phenological patterns of tropical dry forests along latitudinal and successional gradients in the neotropics / Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Mauricio Quesada, Mariana Álvarez-Añorve, Luis Ávila-Cabadilla, Silvana Martén-Rodríguez, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, María de Jesús Aguilar-Aguilar, Francisco Balvino-Olvera, Diego Brandão, José Miguel Contreras-Sánchez, Joselândio Correa-Santos, Jacob Cristobal-Perez, Paola Fernandez, Branco Hilje, Claudia Jacobi, Flávia Fonseca-Pezzini, Fernando Rosas, Victor Rosas-Guerrero, Gumersindo Sánchez-Montoya, Roberto Sáyago, and Arely Vázquez-Ramírez
- -8. Plant functional trait variation in tropical dry forests : a review and synthesis / Catherine M. Hulshof, Angelina Martínez-Yrízar, Alberto Burquez, Brad Boyle, and Brian J. Enquist
- 9. Nutrient cycling in tropical dry forests / Maria Gabriela Gei and Jennifer S. Powers
- 10. Edge influence on canopy openness and understory microclimate in two neotropical dry forest fragments / Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, and Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo
- 11. Fruit-eating bats and birds of three seasonal tropical dry forests in the Americas / Jafet Nassar, Kathryn E. Stoner, Luis Ávila-Cabadilla, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Carla I. Aranguren, José A. González-Carcacía, Juan Manuel Lobato-García, Lemuel Olívio-Leite, Mariana Álvarez-Añorve, Hugo N. de Matos Brandão, Luiz Alberto Dolabela-Falcão, and Jon Paul Rodríguez
- 12. Spatiotemporal dynamics of insects in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Jhonathan O. Silva, Tatianne Marques, João Gabriel Mota-Souza, Bruno Madeira, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
- 13. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi : essential belowground organisms in tropical dry environments / Ricardo Louro-Berbara, Bruno T. Goto, Camila P. Nobre, Fernanda Covacevich, and Henrique M.A.C. Fonseca
- 14. An evaluation of rainfall interception in secondary tropical dry forests / César D. Jiménez-Rodríguez and Julio Calvo-Alvarado
- 15. Linkages among ecosystem structure, composition, and leaf area index along a tropical dry forest chronosequence in Mexico / Yingduan Huang, Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Benoit Rivard, and Mauricio Quesada
- -16. Seed germination of arboreal-shrub species with different dispersal mechanisms in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Giovana Rodrigues da Luz and Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes
- 17. Interspecific and interannual variation in foliar phenological patterns in a successional mosaic of a dry forest in the Central Llanos of Venezuela / Soraya del Carmen Villalobos, José A. González-Carcacía, Jon Paul Rodríguez, and Jafet Nassar
- 18. Floristic, structural, and functional group variations in tree assemblages in a Brazilian tropical dry forest : effects of successional stage and soil properties / Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes, Giovana Rodrigues da Luz, Saimo Rebleth de Souza, Diellen Librelon da Silva, Maria das Dores Magalhães-Veloso, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, and Rubens Manoel dos Santos
- -19. Tree diameter growth of three successional stages of tropical dry forests, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica / Dorian Carvajal-Vanegas and Julio Calvo-Alvarado
- 20. Carbon dioxide enrichment effects in the spectral signature of lianas and tree species from tropical dry forests / Yumi Oki, Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Payri Yamarte-Loreto, and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
- 21. Tropical dry forests in Latin America : analyzing the history of land use and present socio-ecological struggles / Alicia Castillo, Mauricio Quesada, Francisco Rodriguez, Felisa C. Anaya, Claudia Galicia, Francisco Monge, Rômulo S. Barbosa, Andréa Zhouri, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, and Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa
- 22. Conflicts between conservation units and traditional communities in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Felisa C. Anaya, Rômulo S. Barbosa, and Andréa Zhouri
- -23. Predicting policy impact on tropical dry forests / Alexander Pfaff and Juan Robalino
- 24. Traditional ecological knowledge of rural communities in areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in Serra do Cipó, Brazil / Emmanuel Duarte-Almada, Marcel Coelho, André Vieira Quitino, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, and Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa.