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Deforestation processes in the livestock territory of La Vía Láctea, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
(2019)Land-use change is considered one of the main causes of environmental degradation. Thus, its analysis will allow stakeholders to make reasonable decisions for land management. The objective of the present study was ... -
Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events.
(2020)To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, ... -
Development of an Open-Source Thermal Image Processing Software for Improving Irrigation Management in Potato Crops (Solanum tuberosum L.)
(2020)Accurate determination of plant water status is mandatory to optimize irrigation scheduling and thus maximize yield. Infrared thermography (IRT) can be used as a proxy for detecting stomatal closure as a measure of plant ... -
Development of low-cost remote sensing tools and methods for supporting smallholder agriculture
(Springer Link, 2019)Agricultural UAV-based remote sensing tools to facilitate decision-making for increasing productivity in developing countries were developed and tested. Specifically, a high-quality multispectral sensor and sophisticated ... -
Dimensions of social and political capital in interventions to improve household wellbeing: Implications for coffee-growing areas in southern Colombia
(2021)This paper studies the influence of community capitals on well-being through a Community Capital Index (CCI) within coffee-growing families in southern Colombia. Our results show different farm typologies, with different ... -
Discovering weather periods and crop properties favorable for coffee rust incidence from feature selection approaches
(2020)Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) is a disease that leads to considerable losses in the worldwide coffee industry; as those that have been reported recently in Colombia and Central America. The early detection of favorable conditions ... -
Diseñando los biotipos de los cafés del futuro
(2020)Este artículo aborda variedades genéticas del café -
Diseño y gestión adaptativa de un programa de pagos por servicios ecosistémicos en Copán Ruinas, Honduras
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2008)Este artículo presenta el desarrollo de una iniciativa de pagos por servicios ecosistémicos relacionados con la provisión de agua potable en la comunidad de Copán Ruinas, Honduras. La metodología para diseñar e implementar ... -
Dispersal limitation, soil, and fire affect functional properties of tropical secondary forests on abandoned cattle ranching landscapes
(2021)Forest age is a major predictor of secondary forest functional properties and through the chronosequence approach continues to be a principal focus in local, landscape, and regional-scale studies of secondary succession. ... -
Distribution of p-coumaroylquinic acids in commercial Coffea spp. of different geographical origin and in other wild coffee species
(ELSEVIER, 2019)Quantitative analyses of mono-p-coumaroylquinic acids (pCoQAs) and total chlorogenic acids (CGAs) in green coffee commercial lots of C. arabica, C. canephora and C. liberica from different geographical origins and eight wild ... -
Disturbance and the elevation ranges of woody plant species in the mountains of Costa Rica
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Diverse farmer livelihoods increase resilience to climate variability in southern Colombia
(Elsevier, 2023)Climate variability affects agricultural production systems and rural communities, generating risks to food security and increasing rural poverty. Therefore, improving the capacity of rural households to adapt to climate ... -
Diversidad y riqueza de aves en diferentes alternativas pastoriles para la producción de leche en el trópico
(2020)Con el objetivo de estudiar la diversidad y riqueza de aves en alternativas pastoriles para la producción de leche fue conducida una investigación en áreas del Instituto de Ciencia Animal de Cuba. Fueron evaluadas las ... -
Diversity and productive potential of timber trees in cocoa agroforestry systems in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
(Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad del Zulia, 2024-02-27)Timber production in agroforestry systems can improve environmental and economic sustainability, especially for families living in rural areas. Despite its importance in Guatemala, little is known about ... -
Do Coffee Agroforestry Systems Always Improve Soil Carbon Stocks Deeper in the Soil?—A Case Study from Turrialba, Costa Rica
(2020)Shaded perennial agroforestry systems (AFS) are regarded as desirable land-use practices that improve soil carbon sequestration. However, most studies assume a positive correlation between above ground and below ground ... -
Documentación de procesos de restauración ecológica asistida: islas de cultivo y plantaciones de melina en Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2022)Se recopilan las lecciones aprendidas de los procesos de restauración asistida útiles para promover esta actividad en territorios ecológicamente similares con el objetivo de documentar el contexto histórico y el proceso ... -
Drivers of tropical rainforest composition and alpha diversity patterns over a 2,520 m altitudinal gradient
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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 ... -
Ecological knowledge of regeneration from seed in neotropical forest trees: implications for natural forest management
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1998)
