Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Ecology and Conservation

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests: Diversity, Endemism, and Biogeography of Woody Plants....Pages 3-21
The Biogeography of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in South America....Pages 23-44
Extent and Drivers of Change of Neotropical Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 45-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Soil Diversity and Functioning....Pages 61-70
Insect Diversity in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 71-84
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Mammals: Adaptations and Seasonal Patterns....Pages 85-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Primary Productivity and Biogeochemistry of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 109-128
Physiological Mechanisms Underlying the Seasonality of Leaf Senescence and Renewal in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Trees....Pages 129-140
Water Dynamics at the Ecosystem Level in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 141-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Impact of Anthropogenic Transformation of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests on Ecosystem Biogeochemical Processes....Pages 159-172
Human Impacts on Pollination, Reproduction, and Breeding Systems in Tropical Forest Plants....Pages 173-194
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Biodiversity and Conservation Value in Agricultural Landscapes of Mesoamerica....Pages 195-219
Pasture Recolonization by a Tropical Oak and the Regeneration Ecology of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 221-237
Economic Botany and Management Potential of Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests....Pages 239-257
Ecosystem Services in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 259-277
Climatic Change and Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 279-299
Synthesis and Promising Lines of Research on Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 301-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-392