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Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) University of Wales, Bangor (RU). School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, 2005)
The effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residue effects on soil organic matter were investigated with three different objectives. Firstly, to study the effects of proximity of this shade tree on soil characteristics ...
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 ...
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 ...
Recurso arbóreo en sistemas silvopastoriles tradicionales y su impacto en la productividad y calidad nutritiva de la pastura en el trópico seco de Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2007)
Este estudio caracteriza y describe la cobertura de árboles dispersos en los potreros y explora los diferentes efectos que ellos tienen sobre la productividad de fincas ganaderas en un ecosistema del trópico seco de Costa ...
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 ...
Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on ecology and conservation of migrant and resident birds in lowland Costa Rica
(University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2007)
The overall objetive of my research was to understand the value of forest fragments to a diverse group of rainforest birds that depend on lowland tropical rainforest for their survival at one part or all of their annual ...
Distribution and foraging by the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes L., in coffee plantations with different types of management and landscape contexts, and alternatives to insecticides for its control
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Universidad de Idaho, ID (EUA), 2006)
Atta cephalotes L., the predominant leaf-cutting ant species found in coffee farMON in the Turrialba region of Costa Rica, is considered a pest of the crop because it removes coffee foliage. I applied agroecosystem and ...
Evaluación de la calidad y métodos de producción de bioplaguicidas para el manejo de Hemileia vastatrix en plantaciones de café
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2018)
El trabajo enfoca aspectos de identificación, calidad y eficacia de micofungicidas y biofermentos comercializados para el manejo de la roya del café comparándolos con cepas locales aisladas para esta investigación.
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Construcción participativa de una propuesta de estrategia para la incidencia política en el marco de la Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en la región transfronteriza entre Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2017)
La propuesta de estrategia para la incidencia política en el marco de la Agricultura Climáticamente en la región Trifinio radica en los esfuerzos que se están dando en este territorio para lograr la Seguridad Alimentaria ...