Tropical Dry Forests

Rents, Actors, and the Expansion of Commodity Frontiers in the Gran Chaco
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies of state-driven smallholder colonization. …
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The role of soybean production as an underlying driver of deforestation in the South American Chaco
South America’s tropical dry forests and savannas are under increasing pressure from agricultural expansion. Cattle ranching and …
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Competition for Land-Based Ecosystem Services: Trade-Offs and Synergies
In this chapter, we define, conceptualize, and exemplify competition for ecosystem services derived from land. Competition for …
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Effects of past and future land conversions on forest connectivity in the Argentine Chaco
Context Land-use change is the main driver of habitat loss and fragmentation worldwide. The rate of dry forest loss in the South …
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Monitoring the invasion of an exotic tree (Ligustrum lucidum) from 1983 to 2006 with Landsat TM/ETM+ satellite data and Support Vector Machines in Córdoba, Argentina
In central Argentina, the Chinese tree glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is an aggressive invasive species replacing native forests, …
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Invasion of glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) and native forest loss in the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba, Argentina
Glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is a tree native to China that successfully invades forests of central Argentina. To fully understand …
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