Tropical dry evergreen forest has restricted global distribution — limited to parts of Asia (on the Coromandel coast of India, northern Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand), Africa and Central America — but ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The quantity and seasonal patterns in fine litter production and standing crop of litter were investigated at monthly intervals from January ...

This study analyses the pollen signature of tropical lowland forests (< 1000 m a.s.l.) in the Asian monsoon climate. Its aim is to investigate how well the pollen data can reproduce the vegetation ...

"This is the first global compilation of projected ecosystem impacts for humid tropical forests affected by these combined forces," remarked Asner. "For those areas of the globe projected to suffer ...

Tropical rainforests, considered the lungs of the Earth for their capacity to work as major carbon cleansers, are under threat. A recent study by scientists at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences ...

Deep within the Nilgiri Hills of Kerala lies Silent Valley National Park, a pristine rainforest that has remained largely untouched by human interference. Often described as a living laboratory of ...

India, Aug. 13 -- We must move beyond viewing forests as mere carbon sinks or timber sources. They are living, breathing climate regulators, intimately tied to rainfall, soil fertility, human health, ...