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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"humid tropical forest"”.
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Detection and prediction of biodiversity patterns as a rapid assessment tool in the tropical forest of East Usambara, Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
As a strategy to conserve tropical rainforests of the East Usambara block of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, I developed a set of models that can identify above-average tree species richness areas within the humid forests. I developed the model based on geo-referenced field data and satellite …
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The climatic significance of tropical forest edges and their representation in global climate models
… whether land covers created in the clearance of tropical humid forests influence water exchange between remnant forest patches and the atmosphere, and, if so, how this affects regional and global water exchange. Fieldwork presented in this thesis ascertains whether the amount of water transferred …
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Forest Loss Trajectories and Palm Oil Extent in Indonesia
Tropical forests provide critically important ecosystem services, and they are particularly important for their levels of biodiversity and for the carbon that they store. Yet despite global efforts to slow or halt deforestation, natural forests in the tropics continue to be cleared, primarily for …