Search Results - "Central American"

  1. The impact of protected area governance and management capacity on ecosystem function in Central America by Muñoz Brenes, Carlos L., Jones, Kelly W., Schlesinger, Peter, Robalino, Juan, Vierling, Lee

    Published 2020
    “…We conduct an impact evaluation of 12 PAs in three Central American countries to assess how processes in management restrictions, management capacity, and decentralization affect the annual change in the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). …”
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  2. Climate Smart Coffee in El Salvador by Fernández Kolb, Pablo, Castro-Llanos, Fabio Alexander, Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Siles, Pablo, Läderach, Peter R.D., Lundy, Mark M., Bunn, Christian

    Published 2019
    “…Coffee is a staple of Central American exports and agricultural production, not least in El Salvador. …”
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  3. Silence speaks out loud: Armed conflict and bovine livestock in Colombia, a historical perspective by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

    Published 2020
    “…Drawing from the experience of Central American communities who, also devastated by recent civil wars, have understood the pivotal function of bovine livestock production as an engine for change and improved livelihoods, we propose a third possible interpretation: one that accounts for the convoluted historical connections between wartime dynamics and cattle and dairy production in Colombia, acknowledges its capacity to empower rural communities in post-conflict contexts and deciphers academic silences as testimonies of its own, violent times. …”
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  4. Genotype–environment interactions shape leaf functional traits of cacao in agroforests by Sauvadet, Marie, Dickinson, Adam K., Somarriba, Eduardo, Phillips-Mora, Wilbert, Cerda, Rolando H., Martin, Adam R., Isaac, Marney E.

    Published 2021
    “…The outbreak of frosty (Moniliophthora roreri) and black pod (Phytophthora palmivora) in Central American cacao agroforests throughout the 1980s led to the breeding of Theobroma cacao clones resistant to these diseases. …”
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  5. Conservation and use of genetic resources of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) by gene banks and nurseries in six Latin American countries by Ceccarelli, Viviana, Lastra, Sphyros, Loor Solórzano, Rey G, Wenceslao Chacón, Walter, Nolasco, Mario, Sotomayor Cantos, Ignacio A, Plaza Avellán, Luis F, López, Diana A, Fernández Anchundia, Fabian M, Dessauw, Dominique, Orozco-Aguilar, Luis, Thomas, Evert

    Published 2022
    “…Gene banks conserved many local materials in Peru and Ecuador while they mainly conserved international clones in Central American countries. In all countries except Honduras, more than half of the gene banks did not have any characterization or evaluation data of the conserved materials. …”
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  6. Formas y equilibrios del manganeso en suelos de América Central by FASSBENDER, H.W., Roldan, J. A.

    Published 2025
    “…The analysis of manganese in 62 samples of Central American soils (mainly fluvisols 21, andosols 17, other soils 24), showed little variation with respect to Mn forms. …”
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  7. The development of a farmer decision-making mind map to inform climate services in Central America by Giraldo, Diana, Clarkson, Graham, Dorward, Peter, Obando, Diego, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando

    Published 2023
    “…The study answers the following research questions: (i) Does the mind map tool effectively provide a holistic understanding of farmers' decision-making processes? (ii) How do Central American farmers make decisions within their farm systems at multiple timescales? …”
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  8. Greatly reduced phylogenetic structure in the cultivated potato clade (Solanum section Petota pro parte) by Spooner, David M., Ruess, Holly, Arbizu Berrocal, Carlos Irvin, Rodríguez, Flor, Solís Lemus, Claudia

    Published 2020
    “…•Key Results: There is good phylogenetic structure in clades traditionally referred to as clade 1+2 (North and Central American diploid potatoes exclusive of Solanum verrucosum), clade 3, and a newly discovered basal clade, but drastically reduced phylogenetic structure in clade 4, the cultivated potato clade. …”
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