... tropics owe their stunning biodiversity to consistent year-round temperatures, not higher temperatures or more sunlight ... zone that depress diversity." Scientists' explanations for tropical biodiversity have tended to focus on the greater heat ...
... to estimate the impact of disturbance and land conversion on biodiversity in tropical forests. In a recent study published ... rainforests while they still exist. The future of tropical biodiversity depends on it," he concludes. Recommend ...
... is losing the battle over tropical habitat loss with potentially disastrous implications for biodiversity and human well ... without humans present. "This is not just a tragedy for tropical biodiversity, this is a crisis that will directly affect human ...
... the importance of geographic barriers for the origin of insect biodiversity in South America, using the leafcutter ants as a model ... , says Mueller, don't resolve all the mysteries of tropical biodiversity. It's possible, for instance, that both ancient ...
... they also provide commercial benefits, but they do not support tropical biodiversity. But Dr Edwards has shown that managed ... forests." The research compared biodiversity of birds in three adjoining areas of tropical forest in the north ...
... may be sacrificed. "Concentrations of carbon density and biodiversity in tropical forests only partially overlap," said Dr Alan ... of protecting them. According to early estimates up to 50% of tropical biodiversity hotspot areas could be excluded from REDD ...
... a carbon-payment system that explicitly incorporates biodiversity values. "If we're smart we could combat global ... some of the spending in places where tropical biodiversity is most imperiled." Destruction of tropical forests causes about 20 ...
... tree frogs, tropical forests support some of the rarest species on the planet and are the most biodiverse ecosystems on land. Understanding why some species ...
Study explains why tropics more diverse than temperate zones.
Number of plant species rose along with atmospheric carbon dioxide
... emission reduction strategies such as REDD may undermine, not enhance, long-term prospects for biodiversity conservation in the tropics. Their warning comes only days ahead ...
... or doing more logging, those activities could be much more harmful to tropical biodiversity than just the simple rise in temperature ... steps for reducing climate-change impacts on tropical biodiversity, but these steps must be deployed strategically ...
... emissions created by deforestation. Panama's abundant tropical biodiversity and the fact that more than 40 percent of the country is still forested makes Panama an ideal testing ...
... use traditional knowledge to create, manage and conserve this biodiversity, and both are learning to adapt to and mitigate the effects ... , creating a "patchwork" in a complex landscape that promotes tropical biodiversity and long term sustainability in a challenging ...
Scientists at Aarhus University have spearheaded research results that shed new light on the processes forming the composition of species assemblages in the tropics.
