Homegarden, a type of agroforestry system, is one of the earliest thriving traditional food
systems reported. Studying the contribution of homegardens in the context of Sustainable …

Background Urban ethnobotanical research in Costa Rica is rather rare and home gardens
are poorly studied so far. Investigating their biodiversity is crucial in gathering knowledge on …

Plant diversity in cities is important for numerous social and ecological reasons. In this
chapter we use Aronson et al.'s (Ecology 97: 2952–2963, 2016) hierarchical filters to explore …

As the world's population gets increasingly more urban, the preservation of urban green
spaces becomes an important issue in the political agenda worldwide. These spaces may …

Disciplines and approaches concerned with peopleenvironment relations have contributed
to legitimate traditional ecological knowledge, nowadays endorsed in the international …

Costa Rica is one of the most diverse countries in the Neotropics. It has the highest species
concentration per unit area of terrestrial ecosystems. The country has a vascular flora of …

Knowledge of urban orchids and their phorophytes is essential for conservation and
education initiatives in these areas. The objective of this study was to assess the diversity of …

Este artículo presenta una caracterización paisajística y biológica de las áreas verdes
urbanas (AVU) de la microcuenca del río Bermúdez, provincia de Heredia, Costa Rica. Esta …

This article presents a landscape and biological characterization of urban green areas
(UGA) of the Bermudez River micro-basin located in the province of Heredia, Costa Rica …

Reforestation is not just planting trees in the ground. More than net increase in forest cover,
reforestation is a complex political endeavor undertaken by both humans and non-humans …