Essays about: "tropical rainforests"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words tropical rainforests.

  1. 1. Evaluating forest restoration effects on timing of avian dawn chorus in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Marjolein Pijper; [2023]
    Keywords : acoustic monitoring; forest restoration; dawn chorus; avian singing; bird monitoring; automatic recognition;

    Abstract : Monitoring of forest restoration efforts is essential to ensure healthy, self-sustaining tropical rainforests. Passive acoustic monitoring is used to monitor vocal activity of birds, which play a key role in forest ecosystems as seed dispersers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Protected Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Effective and Equitable Tool for Forest Conservation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Malte Ladewig; [2021]
    Keywords : Deforestation; poverty alleviation; geographic regression discontinuity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Tropical rainforests cover large parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In light of recent surges in deforestation in the country, protected areas are a decisive component of the national conservation strategy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spatiotemporal variation in the relative fitness of a northern and a southern ecotype of Arabidopsis thaliana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Jonathan Gyllingberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Arabidopsis thaliana; fitness; evolution; ecotype; genotype; flowering phenology; fecundity; local adaptation;

    Abstract : Terrestrial plants exist in almost every habitat on the earth, ranging from warm and moist tropical rainforests, hot and dry deserts, and to cold and barren tundras. Furthermore, a single species may encounter different climatic conditionshabitats within its range distribution which climatic conditions differs from one to another. READ MORE

  5. 4. Remote sensing methods for detecting deforestation and illegal logging in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Ana Gebert; [2019]
    Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH ; Canton Sarajevo; illegal logging; remote sensing; deforestation; Global Forest Change GFC ; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : With the rapid and alarming rate at which forests are disappearing around the world, it is of great importance to effectively estimate loss of forest cover due to different causes. Among those causes illegal logging is a particularly enigmatic and dangerous one made well-known by the destruction of the tropical rainforests of South America and Southeast Asia. READ MORE

  6. 5. Above- and belowground carbon stocks and effects of enrichment planting in a tropical secondary lowland dipterocarp rainforest

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

    Author : Joel Jensen; [2019]
    Keywords : Restoration; tree diversity; biodiversity; soil edaphic factors; functional species groups; liberation; forest degradation;

    Abstract : The intact tropical rainforests are rapidly being degraded and subsequently converted to other land uses, with associated greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity. It is imperative that the effects of such conversions and large-scale restoration efforts on forest structure and ecosystem services are understood to effectively be able to counteract the negative consequences of deforestation and forest degradation. READ MORE