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Copper distribution in Mediterranean forest ecosystems Distribución del cobre en ecosistemas forestales de tipo Mediterraneo
(2002)
We have analyzed the distribution of copper concentrations, and the effects of anthropogenic inputs, in the components of two forest ecosystems using a comparative approach. Ecosystem components were defined using a ...
Introduction: The Brazilian atlantic forest
(2000-12-01)
The year 2000 marks 500 years of massive destruction for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as a consequence of the European colonization of Brazil. Today, the Atlantic Forest is restricted to ca 98,800 km2 of remnants, or 7.6 ...
Impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services in high Andean mountains
(ELSEVIER, 2015-01-01)
Land conversion affects the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. In this study, we used a 50 years time series of land cover maps to assess the potential impacts of forest cover changes on ecosystem services. A ...
Forests and water in South America
(JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD, 2017-02-28)
South America is experiencing rapid change in forest cover, of both native and planted forest. Forest cover loss is primarily attributable to fire, logging, and conversion of native forest to agriculture, pasture, and ...
Leaf Fall in a New Forest: ecosystem functioning of stands dominated by an introduced species
(External Scientific Advisory Committe, 2012)
Forest Ecosystems and Civilization An Overview of the Footprint of Modernity in the Exploitation-Conservation Relationship
(2016-02)
The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overall assessment of the imprint facilitated by the modern view and some of its concrete expressions (i.e., economic systems) in the profound environmental changes that ...
Forest Ecosystems and Civilization An Overview of the Footprint of Modernity in the Exploitation-Conservation Relationship
(2016-02)
The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overall assessment of the imprint facilitated by the modern view and some of its concrete expressions (i.e., economic systems) in the profound environmental changes that ...
Article forest ecosystem fragmentation in Ecuador: challenges for sustainable land use in the tropical andean
(2022)
Natural ecosystems are declining and fragmenting globally at unprecedented rates. Fragmentation of natural ecosystems leads to decline in functions and services with severe impact on people. In Ecuador, despite establishment ...
Ecosystem dynamics and services of a paired Neotropical montane forest and pine plantation
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2019)
Soil seed banks in tropical forest fragments with different disturbance histories in southeastern Brazil
(2007-11-01)
Soil seed banks are considered an important mechanism for natural regeneration in tropical forest ecosystems. This paper investigated the soil seed bank in two semideciduous seasonal tropical forest fragments with different ...