Essays about: "tropical forest"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 essays containing the words tropical forest.

  1. 1. An evaluation of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis for a dry tropical forest in Guinea-Bissau

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Petya Petrowa Kirjazow; [2023]
    Keywords : Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Janzen–Connell hypothesis states that seedling survival increases with distance from the parent tree, which promotes regular spacing of species within a forest and thus biodiversity. Very few studies have tested this hypothesis in tropical Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ecosystems Services in swidden agriculture in the Peruvian tropical Andes : the Kechwa-Lamas farm-forestry system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Geannine Gisset Chabaneix Portocarrero; [2023]
    Keywords : swidden agriculture; ecosystem services; Peru; Amazon;

    Abstract : In the Amazon, life supporting services are importantly associated to forest areas. Nevertheless, the connection of ecosystem services to agricultural systems it is also of great importance, because agriculture is one of the most important causes of degradation and loss of these areas. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reliable Detection of Water Areas in Multispectral Drone Imagery : A faster region-based CNN model for accurately identifying the location of small-scale standing water bodies

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Shengyao Shangguan; [2023]
    Keywords : Water Detection; Faster region-based convolutional neural networks; Multiple images; Convolutional neural networks; Random Forest; Vattendetektering; Snabbare regionbaserade konvolutionella neurala nätverk; Flera bilder; Konvolutionella neurala nätverk; Random Forest;

    Abstract : Dengue and Zika are two arboviral viruses that affect a significant portion of the world population. The principal vector species of both viruses are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. They breed in very slow flowing or standing pools of water. READ MORE

  5. 4. Increased carbon sequestration of actively restored tropical forests in Sabah, Malaysia : a comparison of natural regeneration and active restoration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Johan Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Degraded tropical forest; Active restoration; Carbon sequestration; Natural regeneration; Enrichment planting; Biomass accumulation;

    Abstract : As restoration with assisted natural regeneration and enrichment planting becomes a more important and popular method to restore ecosystem services and mitigate negative climate effects, these treatments and their effectiveness is heavily debated. There are three main groups of opinions regarding restoration, one is that humans actively need to help nature recover and the second is that nature itself does a better job without our help and the third is somewhere in between. READ MORE

  6. 5. Analysis of simulated functional diversity in tropical forests: Differences between cultivated and naturally grown secondary forests in Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Clarissa Graf; [2023]
    Keywords : physical geography; ecosystem analysis; functional diversity; plant functional traits; ecosystem modelling; secondary forest ecosystems; sustainable forest management; LPJ-GUESS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Accelerated deforestation represents a major global environmental concern. Over the last decades Cambodia has experienced a drastic decrease in forest cover and measures to halt deforestation have not been as effective as planned. READ MORE