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Research Priorities for Neotropical Dry Forests 1
Author(s) -
SánchezAzofeifa G. Arturo,
Quesada Mauricio,
Rodríguez Jon Paul,
Nassar Jafet M.,
Stoner Kathryn E.,
Castillo Alicia,
Garvin Theresa,
Zent Egleé L.,
CalvoAlvarado Julio C.,
Kalacska Margaret E.R.,
Fajardo Laurie,
Gamon John A.,
CuevasReyes Pablo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1046/j.0950-091x.2001.00153.x-i1
Subject(s) - tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests , nexus (standard) , geography , citizen science , temperate rainforest , tropical forest , environmental resource management , ecology , agroforestry , environmental science , forestry , ecosystem , biology , computer science , botany , embedded system
Our understanding of the human and biophysical dimensions of tropical dry forest change and its cumulative effects is still in the early stages of academic discovery. The papers in this special section on Neotropical dry forests cover a wide range of sites and problems ranging from the use of multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing platforms to the impact of hurricanes on tropical dry forest regeneration. Here, we present to the scientific community the results of a workshop on which research priorities for tropical dry forests were discussed. This discussion focuses on the need to develop linkages between remote sensing, ecological, and social science research. The incorporation of social sciences into ecological research could contribute dramatically to our understandings of tropical dry forests by providing important contextual information to ecologists, and by helping to develop an important science–policy–public nexus on which environmental management can succeed.