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Botanical diversity, structure and composition in cocoa agroforest systems in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
(Scientia Agropecuaria, 2023-06-05)
The tree composition in cocoa agroforestry systems (CAFS) in Guatemala is valued for providing a number of ecosystem services. Despite the importance of the trees in these systems, little is known about the tree species ...
Haitian coffee agroforestry systems harbor complex arabica variety mixtures and under recognized genetic diversity
(University of Jeddah, 2024-04-16)
Though facing significant challenges, coffee (Coffea arabica) grown in Haitian agroforestry systems are important contributors to rural livelihoods and provide several ecosystem services. However, little is known about ...
Tropical forest succession increases taxonomic and functional tree richness but decreases evenness
(Wiley, 2024-06-08)
Successional changes in functional diversity provide insights into community assembly by indicating how species are filtered into local communities based on their traits. Here, we assess successional changes in taxonomic ...
Making Global Climate Action work for nature and people: Priorities for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience
(Science Direct, 2024-09)
There is increasing recognition in science and policy that the current nature and climate change crises are highly intertwined, and that these need to be jointly addressed. Within the United Nations Framework Convention ...
Tree demographic strategies largely overlap across succession in Neotropical wet and dry forest communities
(2024-05-19)
Secondary tropical forests play an increasingly important role in carbon budgets and biodiversity conservation. Understanding successional trajectories is therefore imperative for guiding forest restoration and climate ...
Mapping the distribution of bioactive compounds and aroma/flavour precursors in green coffee beans with an integrated mass spectrometry-based approach
(De Gruyter, 2024-06-19)
Coffee is one of the most enjoyed beverages worldwide and whilst a wide array of secondary
metabolites has been qualitatively and quantitatively characterised within the coffee bean, little is known
about their distribution ...
Quantifying movement of the coffee berry borer at the interface between coffee plantations and adjacent land uses
(Frontiers, 2024-04-03)
In this study, our objective was to provide evidence of the movement of the coffee berry borer (CBB), the most important pest in coffee cultivation, from neighboring coffee plantations to adjacent land uses at different ...
Key drivers of change that affect livestock systems and their impact on sustainability and resilience
(CATIE- Centro Agroaméricano Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 2024)
The report delves into the key drivers impacting livestock systems and their implications for sustainability and resilience. The webinars, hosted by GASL and CATIE, aimed to address the challenges in the livestock sector, ...
Increasing Biodiversity in Livestock Production Systems: Plant Traits and Natural Regeneration Capacity of Woody Vegetation in Actively Managed Grasslands
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Species’ natural regeneration capacity is an ecological property of plant communities that is key to restoring diversity after disturbances and to conserving the delivery of related ecosystem services within agroecosystems. ...
Influence of Fermentation Time on the Chemical and Functional Composition of Different Cocoa Clones from Southern Colombia
(MDPI, 2023-11-16)
Cocoa bean quality depends mainly on genetic material, edaphoclimatic factors and post-harvest processes such as fermentation. The impact of the fermentation process on the chemical and functional composition of different ...