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Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
Bangor University, Gwynedd (RU), 2011)
These issues were investigated in a range of paddocks with two types of cover: semi-natural grassland and sown pastures within an altitudinal range of 200 to 400 m. In nine paddocks, 11 sequential biomass harvests after ...
Building a bridge between food production and conservation: experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2014)
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is a place where innovation to manage natural resources is taking place. The region is and will keep contributing to the global food market. However, this poses a threat to the ...
A functional trait based approach to understand tropical forest composition and function in a Costa Rican landscape
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2014)
Quantifying the factors driving tropical forest composition, structure and function is a continuous area of ecological research. Recently, novel approaches have enabled research
questions on this topic to be addressed not ...
A geospatial data integration framework for mapping and monitoring tropical landscape diversity in Costa Rica's San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2006)
Landcover change has substantially reduced the amount of tropical rain forests since the 1950s. Little is known about the extent of remaining forest types. A multivariate analysis of 144 forest plots across Costa Rica's ...
Priority areas for payment for environmental services (PES) in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2005)
Se desarrolló una metodología para dar prioridades a las áreas en Costa Rica para recibir Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA). El estudio se sustenta en la Ley Forestal de Costa Rica de 1996, que dictamina los servicios ...
Effects of deforestation and riparian buffers on lotic communities in Southeastern Costa Rica: implications for biodiversity conservation in tropical streams
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2007)
To examine the effects of deforestation on stream communities in southeastern Costa Rica and test the hypothesis that riparian forest buffers can reduce these effects, comparisons were made between forested stream reaches ...
Soil biogeochemical patterns in the Talamanca foothills, Costa Rica: local soil knowledge and implications for agroecosystems
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) |
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (EUA), 2008)
Los objetivos de esta investigación están resumidos en cuatro puntos: 1) Entender como los agricultores indígenas Cabécares en sus tres comunidades expresan sus conocimientos locales de suelos mediante la ubicación de sus ...
The influence of habitat complexity and landscape context on the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforests in Waslala, Nicaragua
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2010)
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of two critical elements for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: habitat structural complexity and landscape context. We tested the independent and ...
Priorización de áreas para el pago por servicios ambientales (PSA) en Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2005)
Se desarrolló una metodología para dar prioridades a las áreas en Costa Rica para recibir Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA). El estudio se sustenta en la Ley Forestal de Costa Rica de 1996, que dictamina los servicios ...
Systematic conservation planning for ecosystem services: opportunities for improving spatial targeting of ecosystem service payments in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2016)
Tropical forests are of high conservation priority world-wide due their high value for harboring
biodiversity and providing ecosystem services from the local to global scale. Financial resources for
conservation are ...