scholarly journals Mapping Clearances in Tropical Dry Forests Using Breakpoints, Trend, and Seasonal Components from MODIS Time Series: Does Forest Type Matter?

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Grogan ◽  
Dirk Pflugmacher ◽  
Patrick Hostert ◽  
Jan Verbesselt ◽  
Rasmus Fensholt
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests

Assessing the accuracy of detected breaks in Landsat time series as predictors of small scale deforestation in tropical dry forests of Mexico and Costa Rica

2019 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 707-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughn Smith ◽  
Carlos Portillo-Quintero ◽  
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa ◽  
Jose L. Hernandez-Stefanoni
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Dry Forests

Climate Change Effects, Adaptation, and Mitigation Techniques in Tropical Dry Forests

2022 ◽  
pp. 309-331
Author(s):  
G. N. Tanjina Hasnat
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Precipitation Pattern ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Mitigation Techniques ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Tropical dry forests is one of the most unique forest types. It differs from other tropical forests with its climatic behavior like a prominent dry period, little annual rainfall, and high evapotranspiration. Out of six global bioclimatic zones, the forests are distributed in four. Climate change is now the most challenging issue regarding the fate of tropical dry forests. A severe climatic change is estimated to occur between 2040 and 2069 that could drastically change the precipitation pattern, temperature, aridity, and distribution of biodiversity. It could alter the forest type permanently. With a large number of heat-tolerant species, tropical dry forests have a great potentiality to conservationists with the prediction of a large area that could attain the climatic condition favorable for extension of tropical dry forests. But many of the species of tropical dry forests could be extinct due to changing climate at the same time. Proper adaptation and mitigation techniques could minimize the severity of climate change effects.

Global Overview of Tropical Dry Forests

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
G. N. Tanjina Hasnat ◽  
Mohammed Kamal Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Dry Period ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
The World

Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth's land surface. Tropical dry forests are the second-most-important forest type in the world covering approximately 42% of tropical and sub-tropical forest area. The main features of these forests are their deciduousness, a prolonged dry period extending 3-9 months, and little annual precipitation of 250-2,000 mm. Tropical dry forests are found in five of the eight realms in the world. More than half of the forests are distributed in the Americas, with other portions in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and Southeast Asia. The forests are unique in nature, and provide shelter to a huge number of endemics and endangered species. Among woody plant species, about 40% are not found anywhere in the world. These forests are now the most threatened among all forest types. The conservation status of these forests is endangered. Deforestation, rapid civilization, land conversion, fire, and climate change are the major threats. Proper management with time-oriented policy could be helpful to restore these forests and protect the existing remnant areas.

scholarly journals Mapping the spatial distribution of stand age and aboveground biomass from Landsat time series analyses of forest cover loss in tropical dry forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie P. George‐Chacón ◽  
Jean François Mas ◽  
Juan Manuel Dupuy ◽  
Miguel Angel Castillo‐Santiago ◽  
José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Time Series Analyses ◽  
Forest Cover Loss

Climate Change Effects, Adaptation, and Mitigation Techniques in Tropical Dry Forests

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
G. N. Tanjina Hasnat
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Precipitation Pattern ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Mitigation Techniques ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Tropical dry forests is one of the most unique forest types. It differs from other tropical forests with its climatic behavior like a prominent dry period, little annual rainfall, and high evapotranspiration. Out of six global bioclimatic zones, the forests are distributed in four. Climate change is now the most challenging issue regarding the fate of tropical dry forests. A severe climatic change is estimated to occur between 2040 and 2069 that could drastically change the precipitation pattern, temperature, aridity, and distribution of biodiversity. It could alter the forest type permanently. With a large number of heat-tolerant species, tropical dry forests have a great potentiality to conservationists with the prediction of a large area that could attain the climatic condition favorable for extension of tropical dry forests. But many of the species of tropical dry forests could be extinct due to changing climate at the same time. Proper adaptation and mitigation techniques could minimize the severity of climate change effects.

Improving near-real time deforestation monitoring in tropical dry forests by combining dense Sentinel-1 time series with Landsat and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2

2018 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Reiche ◽  
Eliakim Hamunyela ◽  
Jan Verbesselt ◽  
Dirk Hoekman ◽  
Martin Herold
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests

How Tropical Dry Forests Respond To Hurricane Damage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Daniel Avila Cabadilla ◽  
Mariana Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Hurricane Damage

Soil biogeochemistry across Central and South American tropical dry forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie G. Waring ◽  
Mark E. De Guzman ◽  
Dan V. Du ◽  
Juan M. Dupuy ◽  
Maga Gei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
South American ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Soil Biogeochemistry

scholarly journals Seed dispersal by carnivores in temperate and tropical dry forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo ◽  
Joaquín Sosa‐Ramírez ◽  
José de Jesús Luna‐Ruíz ◽  
Arturo Gerardo Valdivia‐Flores ◽  
Luis Ignacio Íñiguez‐Dávalos
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests
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