Disentangling the environmental heterogeneity, floristic distinctiveness and current threats of tropical dry forests in Colombia

R González-M, H García, P Isaacs… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests

R DeFries, M Agarwala, S Baquie, P Choksi… - Biotropica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite multiple approaches over the last several decades to harmonize conservation and
development goals in the tropics, forest‐dependent households remain the poorest in the …

The distribution of woody legumes in neotropical dry forests: the Pleistocene Arc Theory 20 years on

VY Mogni, LJ Oakley, DE Prado - Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 2015 - cambridge.org
The Pleistocene Arc Theory (PAT) suggests that present-day disjunct fragments of dry
forests in central tropical South America give evidence of a previously more continuous …

Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest

I Saenz-Pedroza, R Feldman, C Reyes-García… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Tropical forests are globally important for biodiversity conservation and climate change
mitigation but are being converted to other land uses. Conversion of seasonally dry tropical …

[HTML][HTML] Germination of stored seeds of four tree species from the tropical dry forest of Morelos, Mexico

M Cervantes, E Ceccon, C Bonfil - Botanical Sciences, 2014 - scielo.org.mx
Studies on propagation of trees of Tropical Dry Forests are scarce in Mexico; besides, the
provenance of seeds used in reforestation programs is generally unknown or poorly …

Resiliencia ecológica del bosque tropical seco: recuperación de su estructura, composición y diversidad en Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

F Guerra-Martínez, A García-Romero… - Revista mexicana de …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
En este estudio se analizan los patrones de recuperación de la estructura, la composición y
la diversidad de plantas en bosques secundarios de bosque tropical seco (BTS) en paisajes …

Evaluación de la resiliencia ecológica de los bosques tropicales secos: una aproximación multiescalar

F Guerra-Martínez, A García-Romero… - Madera y …, 2020 - scielo.org.mx
La resiliencia ecológica está integrada por dos componentes: resistencia y recuperación.
En áreas de bosque tropical seco (BTS) donde se elimina la vegetación para establecer …

Nesting resources availability for cavity adopter birds in a tropical dry forest of Central Mexico

J Medina-Estrada, D Remolina-Figueroa… - Revista mexicana de …, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Nesting resources for cavity-adopter birds commonly have spatial aggregation patterns
within tropical dry forests. Spatial aggregation occurs because large trees, carrying large …

Propagation of three Bursera species from cuttings

C Castellanos-Castro, C Bonfil - Botanical Sciences, 2013 - scielo.org.mx
Vegetative propagation of three species of Bursera (B. glabrifolia, B. copallifera and B.
linanoe) was studied. Cuttings were collected during the dry season, when trees were …

Estacionalidad y tendencias del bosque tropical caducifolio de la cuenca Piaxtla-Elota-Quelite y el área protegida Meseta de Cacaxtla, México

CA Berlanga-Robles, A Cervantes-Escobar… - Madera y …, 2018 - scielo.org.mx
Los bosques tropicales caducifolios son de los ecosistemas más vulnerables y
desprotegidos de México. En la actualidad solo permanece 30% de la cobertura original y …