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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Tropical Dry Forest"”.
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Carbon cycling in secondary tropical dry forest from species to global scales.
Tropical forests are important in the global carbon cycle but questions remain about the distribution of carbon stocks and the controls over carbon cycle processes in these forests. This is especially true with tropical dry forests which comprise as much as 43% of global tropical forests, but have …
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Activity Patterns, Home Range, and Microhabitat Selection of a Terrestrial Turtle (Rhinoclemmys rubida perixantha) in a Tropical Dry Forest
… special protection. The Eurasian pond and Neotropical wood turtles of the family Geoemydidae are the most diverse turtles and comprise ¼ of all turtle species yet basic information on their natural history is lacking. Moreover, seasonal tropical dry forest (SDTF), where many geoemydids exist, …
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Modeling Neotropical Ecosystems during the Last Glacial Maximum
… significance has long motivated research on Neotropical ecosystems, though regionally-focused modeling studies remain relatively sparse and limited in scope. Three individual projects were performed to address potential issues in the modeling of Neotropical ecosystems in past and present …
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Ecological, Social, And Educational Dimensions Of Restoration: Insights From Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
… a biodiversity hotspot facing significant forest loss, this dissertation explores various aspects of ecological restoration in the Berenty Reserve. It integrates ecological, social, and educational perspectives to provide applied knowledge and practical insights, addressing the unique …
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Lake Sediment-Based Reconstructions of Late-Holocene Lowland Environments of Dominican Republic and Barbuda, Northern Caribbean
… and sediments, the first from lowland seasonally-dry vegetation of the Greater Antilles, informed our ideas on vegetation-pollen representation in different plant communities, including tropical dry forest, thorn forest, mangrove, mudflat, and lagoon. My modern pollen results also aided in the …
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Floristic and dynamics of Sand Forest, a subtropical dry forest type in South Africa
Unlike most dry forests, Sand Forest has been largely untransformed by human activity until very recently, and provides a rare opportunity to investigate the dynamics of old-growth dry forests. Twinspan classification and DCA ordination (Detrended Correspondence Analysis, an indirect gradient …
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Understanding the role of plant hydraulic traits in ecological processes
Among all ecosystems tropical forests play a disproportionate role in Earth’s carbon cycle as they account for one third of total primary productivity. Global environmental change is causing novel precipitation patterns, shifts in the timing of rainfall events and an increase of the atmospheric …
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The underground forest frontier in Mexico's Quintana Roo: competing discourse and materialities surrounding caves and cenotes
… extensive aquifer, above the surface is a vast tropical dry forest, while along the coast line there is one of the world’s longest coral reefs. These systems are directly linked by dispersed water sinkholes, known as cenotes, which pierce through the surface of the land and ocean floor. The …
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Investigations into the properties of mistletoe leaves, Phoradendron spp. (Viscaceae) and geophagic material consumed by Ateles geoffroyi (Atelidae) at sites within the Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
… Ateles spp. geophagy in Central America and/or tropical dry forest habitatThe aim of the subsequent investigation was to determine if there was any beneficial function that could be attributed to the materials and so provide a link to a self-mediation hypothesis for mistletoe and/or geophagy or …
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Effects of fragmentation and invasion on ant communities
… characteristics are especially problematic in tropical ecosystems where nutrient-poor soils do not easily meet the agricultural demands of growing human populations. A consequence of replacing tropical forests with agriculture is the creation of landscapes consisting of fragments of natural …
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Impact of human land-use and rainfall variability in tropical dry forests of southwest Madagascar during the late Holocene
… Madagascar is semi-arid and comprises fragmented tropical dry forests where human subsistence strategies are diverse. Therefore, it provides a perfect setting to generate new palaeoecological records and investigate vegetation response to changes in human land-use and rainfall variability. The aim …
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Individual, Social, and Environmental Factors Associated with Patterns of Parasitic Infection in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus imitator)
… (Cebus imitator) living in a highly seasonal tropical dry forest in Northwestern Costa Rica.</p> <p>In Chapter 1, I begin by reviewing the two main ‘pillars’ of parasitic infections: susceptibility and encounter. I then briefly review common, well-studied, and importantgastrointestinal …