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Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
Bangor University, Gwynedd (RU), 2011)
These issues were investigated in a range of paddocks with two types of cover: semi-natural grassland and sown pastures within an altitudinal range of 200 to 400 m. In nine paddocks, 11 sequential biomass harvests after ...
Contribution of agricultural land uses to bird conservation: a case study of ecosystem service provisioning
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2016)
Understanding the contribution of agricultural land uses to biodiversity conservation is of utmost importance. With 38% of earth’s ice free land surface covered by crops and pastures, studying and understanding the potential ...
Mammal diversity, threats and knowledge across spatial scales
(University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2010)
Herein we provide a global dataset and analysis framework to address declines in mammal populations and ultimately extinction risk. By making this data freely and publically available we hope that it can bring the best ...
Home-range and movements of Myrmeciza exsul (aves: thamnophilidae) in two fragmented landscapes in Costa Rica: evaluating functional connectivity
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
It is well known that fragmentation not only reduces the total amount of habitat available, but also simultaneously isolates the habitat that remains, preventing movement of organisms and processes in previously connected ...
Plant traits and litter decomposition of tree species naturally regenerating in Central America pasturelands
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2013)
This research uses three consecutive approaches to evaluate the links among morphological diversity and ecosystem processes of 65 tree species commonly found in Central American active pasturelands (AP) under conventional ...
Landscape effects on insect pests of Dracaena marginata and their associated natural enemies in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
This study examined how the landscape in which D. marginata is embedded affected the abundance and distribution of these three insect pest groups and their associated natural enemies. In order to evaluate the effect of the ...
Local knowledge regarding trade-offs among coffee productivity and other ecosystem services in a range of different agroforestry systems in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
This thesis gathers and analyses the local knowledge regarding ecosystem services in coffee producing regions of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and compares this knowledge across a range of farming conditions. The ...
Using medium and large-sized mammals as indicator species to measure connectivity and large infrastructure impacts in Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2019)
This research intended to use medium and large-sized mammals to evaluate the condition of a critical link of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC) in Costa Rica. Also, we intended to measure the impacts of a hydroelectric ...
Competitive strategies in community forestry: leveraging through second-tier collectie enterprises in Mexico and Guatemala
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
Although community forestry is widely recognized as a critical element in sustainable forest management strategies and the livelihoods of forest dependent people, the economic viability of community forest enterprises ...
Integrating insights for complex problem solving : applications for interdisciplinary pedagogy and water governance
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2014)
The following three chapters are a product of four years of hard work and extensive growth toward my PhD in Environmental Science from the Joint Doctoral Program of the University
of Idaho and the Centro Agronómico Tropical ...