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Contradictory hydrological impacts of afforestation in the  humid tropics
evidenced by long term field monitoring and simulation modelling

Contradictory hydrological impacts of afforestation in the humid tropics evidenced by long term field monitoring and simulation modelling

... the humid tropics exhibit the highest rate of defor- estation and biodiversity losses globally (Keenan et ...the tropics (Sidle et ...the humid tropics, mainly from model-based ...

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Comparison of Biomass and C Storage in Three Promising Fast Growing Tree Plantations under Agroforestry System in Sub humid Tropics of Chhattisgarh, India

Comparison of Biomass and C Storage in Three Promising Fast Growing Tree Plantations under Agroforestry System in Sub humid Tropics of Chhattisgarh, India

... However, the potentials of many multipurpose trees on C sequestration and crop productivity are yet to be exploited under agroforestry systems in Chhattisgarh, India. Gmelina arborea, Populus deltoides and Ceiba ...

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Spatial downscaling of satellite precipitation data in humid tropics using a site-specific seasonal coefficient

Spatial downscaling of satellite precipitation data in humid tropics using a site-specific seasonal coefficient

... For humid tropics, the challenge is to m odel atm ospheric and hydro-m eteorological variables at a m esoscale resolution (2-20 km) or lower ...in humid tropical regions of low seasonal rainfall ...

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Efficiency and productivity analysis of vegetable farming within root and tuber based systems in the humid tropics of Cameroon

Efficiency and productivity analysis of vegetable farming within root and tuber based systems in the humid tropics of Cameroon

... The study analyzes the technical efficiency of vegetable farmers in root and tuber-based farming systems within selected sites of the humid tropics of Cameroon. Multistage sampling was used to collect ...

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Multicriteria Appraisal of the Potential of Converting Cattle Raising to
Organic Production in the Humid Tropics of Chiapas, Mexico

Multicriteria Appraisal of the Potential of Converting Cattle Raising to Organic Production in the Humid Tropics of Chiapas, Mexico

... Abstract: This study characterizes technical and economic aspects of conventional dual-purpose (milk and meat) cattle raising in the humid tropics of Chiapas, Mexico and evaluates the potential for ...

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Prioritizing Improvements to Traditional Management Practices on Small Holder Dairy Farms in the Humid Tropics of Asia

Prioritizing Improvements to Traditional Management Practices on Small Holder Dairy Farms in the Humid Tropics of Asia

... the humid tropics, such as ammonia treatment of low quality forages and crop residues, feeding urea-molasses- multinutrient blocks, urea supplementation, enzyme treatment of forages and feedstuffs and ...

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Variability in Selected Soil Properties of Soils of Dissimilar Parent Materials in the Humid Tropics

Variability in Selected Soil Properties of Soils of Dissimilar Parent Materials in the Humid Tropics

... Amuro (Okigwe LGA), which has Imo clay shale as its parent material located between latitude 5° 48’N and longitude 7° 20’E and Mbiakpa Ibakesi (Ini LGA) which has false bedded sandstone as its parent material located ...

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Passive Strategies of Naturally Ventilated Residential Houses in the Equatorial Humid Tropics

Passive Strategies of Naturally Ventilated Residential Houses in the Equatorial Humid Tropics

... In this investigation, Mahoney method [1], bioclimatic chart and Climate Consultant Software version 6 were used to characterize the recommended passive methods in the equatorial humid tropics. Kota ...

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A Conceptual Review on Residential Thermal Comfort in the Humid Tropics

A Conceptual Review on Residential Thermal Comfort in the Humid Tropics

... Abstract — In the era of increasingly expensive fuel and with the theoretical complication and the limitation of comfort prediction in naturally ventilated buildings based on thermal balance approach, researchers were ...

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MAJOR LANDFORMS IN THE (SUB-)HUMID TROPICS

MAJOR LANDFORMS IN THE (SUB-)HUMID TROPICS

... (sub-) humid tropics produced ‘typical’ tropical soils: red or yellow in colour and strongly ...(sub-)humid tropics can often be attributed to differences in lithology and/or (past) moisture ...

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RETRACTED:  Hydraulic Performance and Effectiveness of Trees, Shrubs and Grasses as Riparian  Vegetations in Reducing Flow Velocity near Riverbanks, Subsequent to Riparian Erosion and Sediment Generation Control in Humid Tropics

RETRACTED: Hydraulic Performance and Effectiveness of Trees, Shrubs and Grasses as Riparian Vegetations in Reducing Flow Velocity near Riverbanks, Subsequent to Riparian Erosion and Sediment Generation Control in Humid Tropics

... This paper described a methodology followed to quantify hydraulic performance and effectiveness of trees, shrubs and grasses in reducing flow velocity near riverbanks with the help of a field ex- periment conducted in ...

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Thermophysiological traits in four exotic breeds of rabbit at least temperature-humidity index in humid tropics

Thermophysiological traits in four exotic breeds of rabbit at least temperature-humidity index in humid tropics

... integration of many organs and systems viz. endocrine, car- diorespiratory and immune system (Altan, Pabuccuoglu, Alton, Konyalioglu, & Bayraktar, 2003). Due to few func- tional sweat glands in rabbits, ...

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Aerosol influenza transmission risk contours: A study of humid tropics versus winter temperate zone

Aerosol influenza transmission risk contours: A study of humid tropics versus winter temperate zone

... Background: In recent years, much attention has been given to the spread of influenza around the world. With the continuing human outbreak of H5N1 beginning in 2003 and the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, focus on influenza and ...

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Living in rainforest: the prehistoric occupation of North Queensland's humid tropics

Living in rainforest: the prehistoric occupation of North Queensland's humid tropics

... 1 Introduction 11.2 Antiquity of food processing in Australia 11.3 Antiquity of food processing in other countries 11.4 Discussion CONCLUSION AND A SUMMARY PREHISTORY OF NORTHEAST QUEENS[r] ...

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Living in rainforest: the prehistoric occupation of North Queensland's humid tropics

Living in rainforest: the prehistoric occupation of North Queensland's humid tropics

... Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Austral Ian National University: Canberra.. Records Qf Langevad, B.S.[r] ...

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Suspended solids discharge from a small forested basin in the humid tropics

Suspended solids discharge from a small forested basin in the humid tropics

... The wet riparian areas correspond with the so-called contributing area (Betson, 1964) of water discharge, and the weak hysteresis of small storms (e.g. storm #3 Figure 8) verifies this hypothesis. However, the variable ...

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Response of Soybean to sowing depth and phosphorus fertilizer rate in Dilla, Humid tropics of Ethiopia

Response of Soybean to sowing depth and phosphorus fertilizer rate in Dilla, Humid tropics of Ethiopia

... The interaction of sowing depth xP fertilizer rate significantly p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 improved grain yield, number of pod plant-1, thousand seed weight, number of pod plant-1, leaf numb[r] ...

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Does the establishment of sustainable use reserves affect fire management in the humid tropics?

Does the establishment of sustainable use reserves affect fire management in the humid tropics?

... Synthesis of spatial and temporal analysis to assess reserve performance Although hotspot data indicated that SURs experienced a lower spatial density of fires than the surrounding lands[r] ...

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Implications of organic management on yield, tuber quality and soil health in yams in the humid tropics

Implications of organic management on yield, tuber quality and soil health in yams in the humid tropics

... In the second and third years, production systems varied significantly and organic farming produced significantly higher yield 26.14 and 23.07 t ha-1 over conventional practice 20.77 and[r] ...

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State of the Tropics 2014 report

State of the Tropics 2014 report

... • Globally, extreme poverty has declined by almost 50% since the early 1980s, but more than two-thirds of the world’s poorest people live in the Tropics. Most poverty reduction in the Tropics has occurred ...

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