Tropical dry forests are the most threatened tropical terrestrial ecosystem. However, few
studies have been conducted on the natural regeneration necessary to restore these forests …

Much information on restoration and management exists for wet tropical forests of Central
America but comparatively little work has been done in the dry forests of this region. Such …

Our understanding of the human and biophysical dimensions of tropical dry forest change
and its cumulative effects is still in the early stages of academic discovery. The papers in this …

Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) provide a habitat for a diverse number of species
and cover significant land areas. Yet, the amount of scientific research they have attracted is …

Traditionally Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) studies have focused on processes of
negative land-cover change, primarily deforestation, partially because examples of positive …

Background Forests play an important role in mitigating global climate change by capturing
and sequestering atmospheric carbon. Quantitative estimation of the temporal and spatial …

The growing human population and the increase in per capita food consumption are driving
agriculture expansion and affecting natural ecosystems around the world. To balance …

Central and South America tropical dry forest (TDF) is a water-limited biome with a high
number of endemic species and numerous ecosystem services which has experienced a …

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) have been defined as a single biome occurring mostly in the
lowlands where there is a marked period of drought during the year. In the Neotropics, dry …

We currently have the opportunity to restore one of the most threatened tropical ecosystems
on the Pacific coast of Panama as a consequence of land use change. Factors that influence …