Tropical dry forests in the Americas : ecology, conservation, and management /: ecology, conservation, and management. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa [and others].
• Other Names: Sánchez-Azofeifa, Gerardo-Arturo
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1 Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: The Tropi- Dry Endeavor; Chapter 2 Tropical Dry Forest Ecological Succession in Mexico: Synthesis of a Long- Term Study; Chapter 3 Status of Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Tropical Dry Forest in the Magdalena River Valley, Colombia; Chapter 4 Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest on Basalt and Limestone Outcrops: Status of Knowledge and Perspectives; Chapter 5 Tropical Dry Forests of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil: Diversity, Conservation Status, and Natural Regeneration. Chapter 6 A Review of Remote Sensing of Tropical Dry ForestsChapter 7 Phenological Patterns of Tropical Dry Forests along Latitudinal and Successional Gradients in the Neotropics; Chapter 8 Plant Functional Trait Variation in Tropical Dry Forests: A Review and Synthesis; Chapter 9 Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Dry Forests; Chapter 10 Edge Influence on Canopy Openness and Understory Microclimate in Two Neotropical Dry Forest Fragments; Chapter 11 Fruit- Eating Bats and Birds of Three Seasonal Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas. Chapter 12 Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Insects in a Brazilian Tropical Dry ForestChapter 13 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Essential Belowground Organisms in Tropical Dry Environments; Chapter 14 An Evaluation of Rainfall Interception in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests; Chapter 15 Linkages among Ecosystem Structure, Composition, and Leaf Area Index along a Tropical Dry Forest Chronosequence in Mexico; Chapter 16 Seed Germination of Arboreal- Shrub Species with Different Dispersal Mechanisms in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest. Chapter 17 Interspecific and Interannual Variation in Foliar Phenological Patterns in a Successional Mosaic of a Dry Forest in the Central Llanos of VenezuelaChapter 18 Floristic, Structural, and Functional Group Variations in Tree Assemblages in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest: Effects of Successional Stage and Soil Properties; Chapter 19 Tree Diameter Growth of Three Successional Stages of Tropical Dry Forests, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica; Chapter 20 Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Effects in the Spectral Signature of Lianas and Tree Species from Tropical Dry Forests. Chapter 21 Tropical Dry Forests in Latin America: Analyzing the History of Land Use and Present Socio- Ecological StrugglesChapter 22 Conflicts between Conservation Units and Traditional Communities in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest; Chapter 23 Predicting Policy Impact on Tropical Dry Forests; Chapter 24 Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Rural Communities in Areas of a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Serra do Cipó, Brazil; References; Color Insert; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 522, [8] pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 577.30913; Tropical dry forests -- South America; Tropical dry forests -- Mexico; Tropical dry forests -- Central America; Forest microclimatology -- South America; Forest microclimatology -- Mexico; Forest microclimatology -- Central America; Forest ecology -- South America; Forest ecology -- Mexico; Forest ecology -- Central America; NATURE -- Ecology; NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Forest ecology; Forest microclimatology; Tropical dry forests; Electronic books; Central America; Mexico; South America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466512016; 1466512016; 9781466512009; 1466512008
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.