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Dung Beetle Assemblages Attracted to Cow and Horse Dung: The Importance of Mouthpart Traits, Body Size, and Nesting Behavior in the Community Assembly Process
(MDPI, Basel (Switzerland), 2021-08)
Dung beetles use excrement for feeding and reproductive purposes. Although they use a range of dung types, there have been several reports of dung beetles showing a preference for certain feces. However, exactly what ...
Timber yield from smallholder agroforestry systems in Nicaragua and Honduras
The importance of tropical timber is increasing worldwide. However, the timber supply of tropical forests has been greatly impacted by growing deforestation associated with complex and restrictive timber harvest laws. In ...
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) ...
Características y rasgos funcionales de los árboles y su efecto sobre la transferencia de lluvia y captura de nutrientes
(2013-08-16)
El estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el efecto de las características de las plantas y los rasgos funcionales de la copa de árboles: Albizia saman, Coccoloba caracasana, Coccoloba floribunda, Crescentia alata, Enterolobium ...
Impact of Shrimp Ponds on Mangrove Blue Carbon Stocks in Ecuador
(2021-06)
Mangrove forests play an important role in mitigating climate change but are threatened by aquaculture expansion. The inclusion of mangroves in climate change mitigation strategies requires measuring of carbon stocks and ...
FDiversity: a software package for the integrated analysis of functional diversity
(2011-01)
1. The growing interest in functional diversity has been accompanied by a proliferation of indices proposed to calculate its different components; however, empirical studies have been hampered by a lack of integrated tools ...
Estimación del carbono a partir de inventarios forestales nacionales Buenas prácticas para la recolección, manejo y análisis de datos
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2017)
Este manual ofrece conceptos básicos de buenas prácticas para el manejo de bases de datos de inventarios forestales nacionales, su depuración, análisis y obtención de resultados. Se comienza con algunas consideraciones ...