Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas

Ecology, Conservation, and Management

Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Jennifer S. Powers, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Mauricio Quesada

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040219263
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Biological Sciences

Under threat from natural and human disturbance, tropical dry forests are the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics, yet they rarely receive the scientific or conservation attention they deserve. In a comprehensive overview, Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation, and Management examines new approaches for data sampling and

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1 Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: The Tropi-Dry Endeavor
• 2 Tropical Dry Forest Ecological Succession in Mexico: Synthesis of a Long-Term Study
• 3 Status of Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Tropical Dry Forest in the Magdalena River Valley, Colombia
• 4 Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest on Basalt and Limestone Outcrops: Status of Knowledge and Perspectives
• 5 Tropical Dry Forests of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil: Diversity, Conservation Status, and Natural Regeneration
• 6 A Review of Remote Sensing of Tropical Dry Forests
• 7 Phenological Patterns of Tropical Dry Forests along Latitudinal and Successional Gradients in the Neotropics
• 8 Plant Functional Trait Variation in Tropical Dry Forests: A Review and Synthesis
• 9 Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Dry Forests
• 10 Edge Influence on Canopy Openness and Understory Microclimate in Two Neotropical Dry Forest Fragments
• 11 Fruit-Eating Bats and Birds of Three Seasonal Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas
• 12 Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Insects in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest
• 13 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Essential Belowground Organisms in Tropical Dry Environments
• 14 An Evaluation of Rainfall Interception in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests
• 15 Linkages among Ecosystem Structure, Composition, and Leaf Area Index along a Tropical Dry Forest Chronosequence in Mexico
• 16 Seed Germination of Arboreal-Shrub Species with Different Dispersal Mechanisms in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest
• 17 Interspecific and Interannual Variation in Foliar Phenological Patterns in a Successional Mosaic of a Dry Forest in the Central Llanos of Venezuela
• 18 Floristic, Structural, and Functional Group Variations in Tree Assemblages in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest: Effects of Successional Stage and Soil Properties
• 19 Tree Diameter Growth of Three Successional Stages of Tropical Dry Forests, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
• 20 Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Effects in the Spectral Signature of Lianas and Tree Species from Tropical Dry Forests
• 21 Tropical Dry Forests in Latin America: Analyzing the History of Land Use and Present Socio-Ecological Struggles
• 22 Conflicts between Conservation Units and Traditional Communities in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest
• 23 Predicting Policy Impact on Tropical Dry Forests
• 24 Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Rural Communities in Areas of a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Serra do Cipó, Brazil
• References
• Backmatter