Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots
Copyright policy )Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots
Societal Impact StatementUnderstanding of tropical forests has been revolutionized by monitoring in permanent plots. Data from global plot networks have transformed our knowledge of forests’ diversity, function, contribution to global biogeochemical cycles, and sensitivity to climate change. Monitoring has thus far been concentrated in rain forests. Despite increasing appreciation of their threatened status, biodiversity, and importance to the global carbon cycle, monitoring in tropical dry forests is still in its infancy. We provide a protocol for permanent monitoring plots in tropical dry forests. Expanding monitoring into dry biomes is critical for overcoming the linked challenges of climate change, land use change, and the biodiversity crisis.
- University of Turin Italy
- Imperial College London United Kingdom
- University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
- Sao Paulo State University Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil
Estrutura da vegetação, Dinâmica da vegetação, Tropical climate, 630, Vegetation dynamics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management, Biome, Climate change, GE1-350, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Florestas tropicais secas, Saproxylic Insect Ecology and Forest Management, Environmental resource management, Global and Planetary Change, Geography, Ecology, vegetation dynamics, Life Sciences, Biodiversity, PE&RC, Threatened species, Habitat, Vegetation structure, Archaeology, Physical Sciences, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, Florística, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Environmental science, Tropical dry forests, vegetation structure, Global Forest Transition, Agroforestry, Biology, Ecosystem, Nature and Landscape Conservation, 580, Florestas - Monitoramento, Botany, Tropics, floristics; long term plots; tropical dry forests; vegetation dynamics; vegetation structure, long term plots, Floristics, Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie, Environmental sciences, QK1-989, Insect Science, FOS: Biological sciences, Environmental Science, tropical dry forests, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation, Long term plots, floristics
Estrutura da vegetação, Dinâmica da vegetação, Tropical climate, 630, Vegetation dynamics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management, Biome, Climate change, GE1-350, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Florestas tropicais secas, Saproxylic Insect Ecology and Forest Management, Environmental resource management, Global and Planetary Change, Geography, Ecology, vegetation dynamics, Life Sciences, Biodiversity, PE&RC, Threatened species, Habitat, Vegetation structure, Archaeology, Physical Sciences, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, Florística, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Environmental science, Tropical dry forests, vegetation structure, Global Forest Transition, Agroforestry, Biology, Ecosystem, Nature and Landscape Conservation, 580, Florestas - Monitoramento, Botany, Tropics, floristics; long term plots; tropical dry forests; vegetation dynamics; vegetation structure, long term plots, Floristics, Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie, Environmental sciences, QK1-989, Insect Science, FOS: Biological sciences, Environmental Science, tropical dry forests, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation, Long term plots, floristics
