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Nutritional quality of Piptocoma discolor and Cratylia argentea as a non-timber forest products for animal feed in the Caquetá province
(Firenze University Press, 2022)
The present work determined the nutritional quality of Piptocoma discolor and Cratylia argentea as non-timber forest products used in animal feed in the Amazonian foothills in Caquetá province - Colombia, where the grasses ...
Tree diversity in a tropical agricultural-forest mosaic landscape in Honduras
(Scientific Reports, 2022-11-03)
Biodiversity decline in the tropics requires the implementation of comprehensive landscape management where agricultural systems are necessarily an integral element of biodiversity conservation. This study evaluates the ...
Structure, diversity and the conservation value of tropical dry forests in highly fragmented landscapes
(Journal of Plant Ecology, 2022-03-09)
Although tropical dry forests are among the most degraded and fragmented biomes in the world, we still have a poor understanding of their basic ecological features and conservation status, particularly in the Neotropics. ...
Above‑ground biomass models for dominant trees species in cacao agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica
(Springer Nature, 2022)
Tree biomass allometric models are essential to estimate biomass, carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling in cacao agroforestry systems and other land uses with woody perennial species. A total of 34 trees of Cordia ...
Sistemas silvopastoriles como prácticas recomendadas para desarrollar medidas de mitigación nacionalmente apropiadas en el marco de las contribuciones nacionalmente determinadas en el sector ganadero de Mesoamérica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
Reconoce la problemática de las emisiones del ganado bovino, porcino y pequeños rumiantes, lo cual requiere de diferentes estrategias de mitigación de GEI, y se plantean promover el cambio de una ganadería convencional a ...
Recomendaciones para la promoción de sinergias entre producción de ganadería sustentable, conservación de la biodiversidad y generación de servicios ecosistémicos dentro de los diseños de políticas públicas
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2022-12)
La toma de decisión es un proceso que permite insertar temas de interés con el fin de dirigir esfuerzos en dicha línea. En los últimos años, dentro de las iniciativas en materia de acción climática se han llevado a cabo ...
Silvopastoral systems and remnant forests enhance carbon storage in livestock‑dominated landscapes in Mexico
(Scientific Reports, 2022)
A large area of the terrestrial land surface is used for livestock grazing. Trees on grazing lands provide and can enhance multiple ecosystem services such as provisioning, cultural and regulating, that include carbon ...
Percepción de Productores ganaderos sobre la provisión de servicios ecosistémicos en la actividad ganadera, Esparza, Costa Rica
(Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú, 2022)
En Esparza, Costa Rica, se evaluó la percepción de los productores ganaderos, sobre la importancia de los servicios ecosistémicos en el quehacer de la actividad pecuaria. Se realizaron 30 entrevistas semiestructuradas y ...
Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession
(The Royal Society Publishing, 2022-01-24)
The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural ...
Hydrological Response of Tropical Catchments to Climate Change as Modeled by the GR2M Model: A Case Study in Costa Rica
(Sustainability, 2022-12)
This study aimed to assess the impacts of climate change on streamflow characteristics of five tropical catchments located in Costa Rica. An ensemble of five General Circulation Models (GCMs), namely HadGEM2-ES, CanESM2, ...