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

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

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 forests occur across contrasting biogeographical regions that contain high beta diversity and endemism, but also strong a...

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Main Authors: Roy González-M, Hernando García, Paola Isaacs, Hermes Cuadros, René López-Camacho, Nelly Rodríguez, Karen Pérez, Francisco Mijares, Alejandro Castaño-Naranjo, Rubén Jurado, Álvaro Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Alicia Rojas, Hernando Vergara, Camila Pizano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
anthropogenic pressures
climate
forest fragments
soils
floristic composition
successional stages
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaad74

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