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Caribbean mangrove forests may serve as coral shelters
July 26, 2021
Most coral species fared better in the shaded environment offered by the mangrove canopy
Most coral species fared better in the shaded environment offered by the mangrove canopy
During three years, local scientist Dumas Gálvez drove along a road parallel to a rainforest looking out for dead vertebrates.
The Barro Colorado bird community has lost about a quarter of its species over time
The accelerated proliferation of these woody vines, due to natural disturbance, is altering forest structure, regeneration and functioning
Analyses of microbial communities in streams across different land use types suggests that passive reforestation rapidly restores water quality in lowland tropical watersheds.
The longest continuous study of euglossines in the tropics found relatively stable populations of these wild bees over four decades.
Deforestation scenarios show the importance of secondary forest for meeting Panama’s carbon goals.
Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained variations in tree mortality over a five-year period by analyzing drone images of one of the most-studied tropical forests in the world, Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
Tropical coral species may have found an alternative habitat where they can thrive in the face of climate change.
Satellite-tracking of the largest fish in the ocean offered insight into their migratory and feeding behavior, but their breeding grounds are still a mystery.