Opportunities for integrating social science into research on dry forest restoration: A mini-review

JS Powers - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Seasonally dry tropical forest ecosystems have been greatly reduced in areas through
conversions to alternate land uses such as grazing and crop production. The UN Decade on …

Chronic disturbance in a tropical dry forest: Disentangling direct and indirect pathways behind the loss of plant richness

A Jara-Guerrero, D González-Sánchez… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chronic disturbance is widely recognized as one of main triggers of diversity loss in
seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs). However, the pathways through which diffuse …

Chronic degradation of seasonally dry tropical forests increases the incidence of genotoxicity in birds

G Cevallos‐Solorzano, N Bailon‐Moscoso… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple studies have shown that exposure to pollutants can increase genotoxic damage in
different taxa. However, to our knowledge, the effects of environmental stress have been …

[HTML][HTML] Amphibians of the equatorial seasonally dry forests of Ecuador and Peru

D Armijos-Ojeda, D Székely, P Székely… - ZooKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Seasonally dry forests (SDFs) are one of the most challenging ecosystems for amphibians,
fueling the diversity of this group of vertebrates. An updated inventory of native amphibians …

Ecosystem function associated with soil organic carbon declines with tropical dry forest degradation

LL de Sosa, I Carmona, M Panettieri… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forest degradation is increasingly recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity and
the multiple ecosystem services forests provide. This study examined the impacts of forest …

A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest

D Valle, DM Griffith, A Jara-Guerrero… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Given widespread habitat degradation and loss, reliable indicators are needed that provide
a comprehensive assessment of community response to anthropogenic disturbance. The …

Spatial characterization of social-ecological systems units for management in Tropical Dry Forests

P Santillán-Carvantes, P Balvanera, S Thomsen… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Understanding the complex interdependencies between nature and people is a
major challenge for the sustainable management of social-ecological systems. Spatially …

Knowledge gaps or change of distribution ranges? Explaining new records of birds in the Ecuadorian Tumbesian region of endemism

A Orihuela-Torres, B Tinoco, L Ordóñez-Delgado… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
The change in the distribution range is a common response of various species facing the
effects of anthropogenic global change. We used new distribution records of birds reported …

[HTML][HTML] Las cabras como dispersores de semillas: aportes y limitaciones para la regeneración del bosque tropical estacionalmente seco de Ecuador

CI Espinosa, C Reyes, A Jara-Guerrero - Revista de Biología Tropical, 2021 - scielo.sa.cr
Introducción: Los bosques tropicales estacionalmente secos están sujetos a procesos de
degradación crónica que ponen en riesgo su diversidad. La ganadería intensiva dentro de …

[HTML][HTML] Modelos de distribución de especies y estado de conservación de murciélagos amenazados en la región tumbesina de Ecuador y Perú

CT Avila-Bernal, DM Griffith… - Revista de Biología …, 2024 - scielo.sa.cr
Introducción: La biodiversidad se está perdiendo a un ritmo acelerado como resultado del
cambio global. Herramientas como los modelos de distribución de especies (MDEs) han …