The Holdridge life zone system has already been used a number of times for analysing the
effects of climate change on vegetation. But a criticism against the method was formulated …

While during the second half of the twentieth century Costa Rica lost almost half of its forest
cover, since the early 1970s to date (2015) the country has been able to save millions of …

We dedicate this chapter to Álvaro Ugalde (1946–2015), who passed away on February 15,
2015. Considered a father of Costa Rica's national park system, Álvaro stood at the base of …

В работе представлены результаты исследований развития представлений о
функционировании и динамике региональных экосистем. Особое внимание уделено …

Costa Rica es el país que posee la mayor biodiversidad del planeta en relación con su
extensión (en 51 100 km2 tiene aproximadamente el 5% de la biodiversidad mundial); esto …

Effective vegetation classification schemes identify the processes determining species
assemblages and support the management of protected areas. They can also provide a …

Bioclimatic classification methods (BCMs) are tools used to transform a set of climate and
soil variables into an index-class that can be directly related to biome-level vegetation units …

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests (TMCFs) are among the most fragile and biologically
diverse of all ecosystems on Earth. However, little is known about TMCF cover change for …

El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el efecto de los partos gemelares (PG) sobre parámetros
productivos y reproductivos en vacas Holstein y Jersey de lecherías especializadas de …

La reproducción eficiente es crucial para lograr la rentabilidad de un hato; así, la detección
de celos es fundamental para el rendimiento reproductivo del hato lechero especializado …