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The economics of cocoa-fruit agroforests in Southern Cameroon
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 1999)
The cocoa and fruit agroforests of southern Cameroon are among the most sustainable land-use systems in the forest zone of West and Central Africa. The middle and upper strata shade cocoa, recycle nutrients and produce ...
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 ...
Multidimensional tropical forest recovery
(AAAS, Washington, DC (USA), 2021-12)
Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow
naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession
and how their ...
The global spectrum of plant form and function enhanced species-level trait dataset
(Scientific Data, 2022)
Here we provide the ‘Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset’, containing species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits –plant height, stem specific density, leaf area, leaf mass per ...
The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda
(Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022)
Criterios e indicadores para mejorar la capacidad de monitoreo de los bosques y promover el manejo forestal sostenible : intercambio de ideas para los procesos de Montreal y América Latina
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2012)
Este documento presenta el estado actual de los diferentes procesos que incluyen criterios e indicadores (C&I) y sus impactos en el manejo forestal sostenible en el continente americano, con especial énfasis en el Proceso ...
Biodiversity and the livestock sector - Guidelines for quantitative assessment
(2020)
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on biodiversity, hereafter called Biodiversity TAG, is composed of 25 international experts in ecology, biodiversity indicators, agronomy, life cycle assessment, livestock production ...
AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds
(2022-02-24)
Features the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for all birds, including six ecological variables, 11 continuous morphological traits, and range size and location information. Gross morphological ...
Ecosystem services and gender in rural areas of Nicaragua: Different perceptions about the landscape
(2020)
The study of Ecosystem services (ES) is a prolific field of research. Despite the great biological and cultural diversity, in Latin America, research in this field has been growing at a much slower rate than in the rest ...