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Gene flow, mating patterns and inbreeding depression in Roupala montana var. brasiliensis, a neotropical timber species
Roupala montana var. brasiliensis is a timber tree species native to the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest areas of Brazil. The wood was exploited for...
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Challenges with Conservation Genetics and Genomics in Neotropical Forest
Several accounts of the exceptional richness of neotropical forests were recognized by European peoples of the “New World”. For this reason, the...
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A dataset of Neotropical liana research focusing on the strategies of control for forest restoration and management practices
Key messageForest fragmentation leads to a micro-environmental condition that favors the proliferation of liana, which infest trees, compete with...
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Replacement of native trees by the neotropical invasive tree Cedrela odorata L. in the Kimboza Forest Reserve, Tanzania
The last remnants of lowland forests in eastern Africa are biodiversity hotspots as they host a unique set of endemic animal and plant species....
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Multi-year, post-harvesting impact assessment in a neotropical secondary Atlantic Forest
Subject to overexploitation in the past centuries, the Atlantic Forest is subject to very rigorous protection rules. However, the law is a...
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Synergistic effects of habitat fragmentation and hunting on the extinction risk of neotropical primates
Habitat fragmentation and overexploitation of natural resources are the most prevalent and severe threats to biodiversity in tropical forests....
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Enhancing Biodiversity in Neotropical Silvopastoral Systems: Use of Indigenous Trees and Palms
Relatively few native trees and palms are actively managed by cattle ranchers in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, throughout the region, the...
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Hydraulic safety predicts long-term growth of economical timber tree species planted in a degraded tropical karst area
Key messageXylem hydraulic safety is a good predictor of long-term growth of the economical tropical timber tree species planted in the degraded...
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Floral biology of two woody species of Dalbergia at high risk of timber extraction
Dalbergia granadillo Pittier and D. stevensonii Standl. are two important native timber-yielding forest tree legume species, the first distributed...
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Habitat type affects the diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in a neotropical mountainous region of Colombia
Ecological communities of tropical regions respond to habitat configuration, being negatively affected by anthropogenic habitats. In the tropics,...
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Neotropical Anacardiaceae (cashew family)
Anacardiaceae is an ecologically and economically important plant family of about 200 species in 32 genera in the Neotropics. The family is...
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Ecological stress memory in wood architecture of two Neotropical hickory species from central-eastern Mexico
BackgroundDrought periods are major evolutionary triggers of wood anatomical adaptive variation in Lower Tropical Montane Cloud Forests tree species....
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The Butterfly Fauna of the Northern Atlantic Forest
The coastal forests north of the Sao Francisco River lie on mostly gentle terrain, spanning four states in the Brazilian Northeast. Since colonial...
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Termites from the Northern Atlantic Forest, Brazil: Ecology and Conservation
The Northern Atlantic Forest (NAF) is located north of the São Francisco River, encompassing the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba,...
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A review of Neotropical Burseraceae
This review of Neotropical Burseraceae emphasizes developments since the last major review of the family in 2011. The Burseraceae comprise a...
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Biodiversity Islands: The Role of Native Tree Islands Within Silvopastoral Systems in a Neotropical Region
Neotropical rainforests have lost about 35% of their native vegetation due to deforestation for agricultural purposes and/or livestock grazing. In...
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Short-Term Temporal Patterns in Herbivore Beetle Assemblages in Polyculture Neotropical Forest Plantations
Although insect herbivorous communities in tropical forests are known to exhibit strong seasonality, few studies have systematically assessed...
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A quantitative systematic review on the scientific knowledge, uses and management of Genipa americana: a key tree crop for tropical agroecosystems
Anthropogenic impacts associated with high land use rates and ecosystem fragmentation processes have negatively affected the biodiversity of tropical...
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The Guineo-Congolian Rain Forest Biome
Tropical rain forests are represented in Angola by the narrow and fragmented southwards extension of the Guineo-Congolian rain forests of the Congo...
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Can quantitative wood anatomy data coupled with machine learning analysis discriminate CITES species from their look-alikes?
Due to increasing global trade of timber commodities and illegal logging activities, wood species listed in the Convention on International Trade in...
