Ecuador belongs to the megadiverse countries of the world. However, the high diversity in
species, ecosystems and their services are under threat by land use changes, invasive …

Increasing evidence indicates that distribution of Neotropical seasonally dry forests (NSDFs)
and the survival of the species and communities that inhabit them have been negatively …

El tráfico ilegal de vida silvestre tiene repercusiones negativas en la conservación de la
biodiversidad a nivel global y también local. Por ello, el establecimiento de medidas …

Background Fragmentation and deforestation are one of the greatest threats to forests, and
these processes are of even more concern in the tropics, where the seasonal dry forest is …

Tropical dry forests are the most threatened of all the major tropical forest types and less
than 25% of TDF currently remain worldwide. They are located mostly in South America …

There are many local fragmentation metrics, but most can be grouped into four types
(composition/area, isolation, edge, and shape), and none of them alone determines the …

Los bosques estacionalmente secos en el Perú constituyen un conjunto de ecosistemas
que incluye tres grandes grupos florísticos: bosques costeros, interandinos y orientales. Con …

In many tropical regions, national forests plantation programs have been promoted. Those
plantations frequently contribute to habitat changes. However, the associated effects of …

Abstract The Coast Region of Ecuador has been dramatically deforested, and most of the
remaining natural vegetation is formed of fragmented patches, in which there is little …

Due to overexploitation for forest resources, many important medicinal plants are
disappearing from the tropical dry forest (TDF) regions. The present study is aimed to …