Worldwide trends in methods and resources promoting geoconservation, geotourism, and geoheritage

ME Quesada-Valverde, A Quesada-Román - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to provide a systematic analysis of the literature of methods and resources
supporting geoconservation and geotourism worldwide, while identifying current and future …

Native or exotic: A bibliographical review of the debate on ecological science methodologies: Valuable lessons for urban green space design

CA de Carvalho, M Raposo, C Pinto-Gomes, R Matos - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Knowledge from ecological sciences is an important reference for landscape design as
Urban Green Spaces (UGS) play a critical role in the ecological protection of cities. There is …

[HTML][HTML] Linking vegetation and soil functions during secondary forest succession in the Atlantic forest

HM Teixeira, IM Cardoso, FJJA Bianchi… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Secondary forest succession can be an effective and low-cost strategy to increase forest
cover and the associated biodiversity and soil functions. However, little is known about how …

Quantifying variations in ecosystem services in altitude-associated vegetation types in a tropical region of China

Z Fang, Y Bai, B Jiang, JM Alatalo, G Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing
rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial …

Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa

RM David, NJ Rosser… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated
anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding light on relationships between plant diversity and tropical forest ecosystem services across spatial scales and plot sizes

G Steur, RW Verburg, MJ Wassen, PA Verweij - Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper sheds light on the state of our knowledge of relationships between plant diversity
and tropical forests ecosystem services. We systematically reviewed the empirical evidence …

Ecosystem services research in Latin America 2.0: expanding collaboration across countries, disciplines, and sectors

P Balvanera, N Pérez-Harguindeguy… - Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services research in Latin America has been steadily growing and has advanced
conceptual understandings, methodological approaches, and global policy applications …

Assessing the effects of payments for ecosystem services programs on forest structure and species biodiversity

HL Chen, RL Lewison, L An, YH Tsai, D Stow… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Globally, biodiversity has declined at an unprecedented rate, challenging the viability of
ecosystems, species, and ecological functions and their corresponding services. Payments …

Stingless bees in tropical dry forests: Global context and challenges of an integrated conservation management

WJ May-Itzá, S Martínez-Fortún… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Stingless bees are one of the most significant pollinators within tropical dry forests, and both
are threatened by the impact of human activity on the environment. The loss of habitat of this …

A review of tropical dry forest ecosystem service research in the Caribbean–gaps and policy-implications

HP Nelson, ES Devenish-Nelson, BL Rusk, M Geary… - Ecosystem …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are globally threatened, yet remain poorly studied. In the
Caribbean, the most biodiverse of island biodiversity hotspots, TDFs have structural …