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    • The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008-2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions 

      Avelino, Jacques; Cristancho, Marco; Georgiou, Selena; Imbach, Pablo A.; Aguilar, Lorena; Bornemann, Gustavo; Läderach, Peter; Anzueto, Francisco; Hruska, Allan J.; Morales, Carmen (2015)
      Coffee rust is a leaf disease caused by the fungus, Hemileia vastatrix. Coffee rust epidemics, with intensities higher than previously observed, have affected a number of countries including: Colombia, from 2008 to 2011; ...
    • The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project 

      Alpízar, Francisco; Bermedo Carpio, María del; Ferraro, Paul J.; Meiselman, Ben S. (CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2019)
      Encouraging adaptation to climate change is fundamentally about encouraging changes in human behaviour. To promote these changes, governments, non-profits and multilateral institutions have invested in a range of ...
    • The positive association between natural vegetation, native coccinellids and functional diversity of aphidophagous coccinellid communities in alfalfa 

      Grez, Audrey A.; Zaviezo, Tania; Casanoves, Fernando; Oberti, Romina; Pliscoff, Patricio (2021-01)
      1. A greater taxonomic and functional diversity of natural enemies in agroecosystems is frequently positively associated with more effective pest control, due to the complementarity of species or traits. But this diversity ...
    • Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review 

      Harvey, Celia A.; Pritts, Alyssa A.; Zwetsloot, Marie J.; Jansen, Kees; Pulleman, Mirjam M.; Armbrecht, Inge; Avelino, Jacques; Barrera, Juan F.; Bunn, Christian; Hoyos García, Javier; Isaza, Carlos; Munoz-Ucros, Juana; Pérez-Alemán, Carlos J.; Rahn, Eric; Robiglio, Valentina; Somarriba, Eduardo; Valencia Vivian (CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2021-09)
      In Latin America, the cultivation of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) plays a critical role in rural livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development. Over the last 20 years, coffee farms and landscapes ...
    • Unraveling the Complexity of Coffee Leaf Rust Behavior and Development in Different Coffea arabica Agroecosystems 

      Murley, Isabelle; Pico, Jimmy; Granados, Eduardo; Boudrot, Audrey; Tixier, Philippe; Virginio Filho, Elías de Melo; Cilas, Christian; Avelino, Jacques (2020)
      Crop health management systems can be designed according to practices that help to reduce crop losses by restricting pathogen development and promoting host plant growth. A good understanding of pathogen and host dynamics, ...
    • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time 

      Poorter, Lourens; Rozendaal, Danaë; Westoby, Mark; Bongers, Frans; Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene S. de; Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M.; Álvarez, Francisco S.; Andrade, José L.; Arreola Villa, Luis F.; Balvanera, Patricia; Becknell, Justin M.; Bentos, Tony V.; Bhaskar, Radika; Boukili, Vanessa; Brancalion, Pedro H. S.; Broadbent, Eben N.; César, Ricardo G.; Chave, Jerome; Chazdon, Robin L.; Dalla Colletta, Gabriel; Craven, Dylan; Jong, Ben H. J. de; Denslow, Julie S.; Dent, Daisy H.; DeWalt, Saara J.; Díaz García, Elisa; Dupuy, Juan M.; Durán, Sandra M.; Espírito Santo, Mário M.; Fandiño, María C.; Wilson Fernandes, Geraldo; Finegan, Bryan; Granda Moser, Vanessa; Hall, Jefferson S.; Hernández-Stefanoni, José L.; Jakovac, Catarina C.; Junqueira, André B.; Kennard, Deborah; Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin; Letcher, Susan G.; Lohbeck, Madelon; Lopez, Omar R.; Marín-Spiotta, Erika; Martínez-Ramos, Miguel; Martins, Sebastião V.; Massoca, Paulo E. S.; Meave, Jorge A.; Mesquita, Rita; Mora, Francisco; Souza Moreno, Vanessa de; Müller, Sandra C.; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Muscarella, Robert; Oliveira Neto, Silvio Nolasco de; Nunez, Yule R. F.; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Paz, Horacio; Peña-Claros, Marielos; Piotto, Daniel; Ruíz, Jorge; Sanaphre-Villanueva, Lucía; Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo; Schwartz, Naomi B.; Steininger, Marc K.; Wayt Thomas, William; Toledo, Marisol; Uriarte, Maria; Utrera, Luis P.; van Breugel, Michiel; van der Sande, Masha T.; van der Wal, Hans; Veloso, Maria D. M.; Vester, Hans F. M.; Vieira, Ima C. G.; Manuel Villa, Pedro; Williamson, G. Bruce; Wright, S. Joseph; Zanini, Kátia J.; Zimmerman, Jess K. (Springer Nature, 2019)
    • What information do policy makers need to develop climate adaptation plans for mallholder farmers? : the case of Central America and Mexico 

      Donatti, Camila I.; Harvey, Celia A.; Martínez Rodríguez, M. Ruth; Vignola, Raffaele; Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel (Springer, 2016)
      Scientific and technical information can increase the ability of policy makers to make strategic decisions. However, climate change policy is often formulated without significant input from science. We examine whether ...
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