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Mixed and pure tree plantations with native species at La Selva Biological station, Costa Rica: growth, productivity, nutrient cycling and recovery of ecosystem biodiversity; a project funded by: the A.W. Mellon Foundation results from 1990-1999 collection for articles
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1999)
Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(2013-06-03)
To understand the diversity of strategies of resource use at the species and community level of co-existing species in semi-natural grasslands, I used three different approaches: a) the comparison of above-ground net primary ...
Patterns of shade plant diversity in four agroforestry systems across Central America: a meta‑analysis
(Nature, 2023-05-26)
Agroforestry systems can potentially increase tree diversity within agricultural landscapes, but to date, there is little understanding of the patterns of shade plant diversity within different agroforestry systems (AFS) ...
Securing our future: CATIE's germplasm collections = Asegurando nuestro futuro: colecciones de germoplasma del CATIE
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2007)
Además de su conocido valor como colecciones de plantas ornamentales o con otras características atrayentes, los jardínes botánicos y las colecciones de germoplasma tienen funciones menos conocidas. Son centros de investigación ...
Biodiversity in the cacao agroecosystem: shade management and landscape considerations
The ability of cacao farms to harbor biological diversity—particularly forest dependent species—is known for only a few taxa (primarily ants and birds) and from a few sites. Much of what we suspect to be true of cacao farms ...
Economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by the mangroves of the Gulf of Nicoya using a hybrid methodology.
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2021)
Due to the public good nature of many of mangrove’s ecosystem services, markets for them do not exist and there is limited potential to manage them with conventional markets. Moreover, because of the difficulties in ...
Ecosystem biodiversity in lowland tropical rain forests of Central America: characterisation and applications to land management
(CATIE, 1999)
El nivel de ecosistemas es importante en la medición de biodiversidad y en la planificación tanto para la conservación, como para el manejo forestal. No obstante, estudios sistemáticos de la biodiversidad de ecosistemas ...
Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics
(2020)
Arid ecosystems are strongly limited by water availability, and precipitation plays a 2 major role in the dynamics of all species in arid regions, as well as the ecosystem processes that 3 occur there. However, understanding ...
Influence of tree cover on diversity, carbon sequestration and productivity of cocoa systems in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(2015)
La producción de cacao en la Amazonía ecuatoriana constituye una importante fuente de ingresos para la población local.
Los sistemas de producción de cacao son variados y engloban bosques primarios enriquecidos, sistemas ...
Pest management in Mesoamerican agroecosystems
(CRC PRESS, 2003)