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Livelihood strategies and forest dependence: New insights from Bolivian forest communities by Zenteno, Mario, Zuidema, Pieter A., de Jong, Wil, Boot, René G.A.

“…Total income and income from forest resources among rural dwellers in tropical forest regions are influenced not only by market access, prices, but also…”
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Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention by Putz, Francis E, Zuidema, Pieter A, Pinard, Michelle A, Boot, Rene G A, Sayer, Jeffrey A, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Vanclay, Jerome K

“…For comparison, the total amount of carbon emitted due to tropical deforestation is estimated to be 1.5 Gt y -1 (or 20% of global anthropogenic emissions [1])…”
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Connecting the fragmented habitat of endangered mammals in the landscape of Riau–Jambi–Sumatera Barat (RIMBA), central Sumatra, Indonesia (connecting the fragmented habitat due to road development) by Sulistyawan, Barano Siswa, Eichelberger, Bradley A., Verweij, Pita, Boot, Rene’ G.A., Hardian, Oki, Adzan, Gemasakti, Sukmantoro, Wisnu

“…The trend of wildlife habitat fragmentation worldwide continues as a result of anthropogenic activities on development of a linear infrastructure and land use…”
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Integrating participatory GIS into spatial planning regulation: the case of Merauke District, Papua, Indonesia by Sulistyawan, Barano Siswa, Verweij, Pita A., Boot, Rene G.A., Purwanti, Bekti, Rumbiak, Wika, Wattimena, Marthinus C., Rahawarin, Paschalina, Adzan, Gemasakti

“…In many cases, government institutions insufficiently consider the traditional land use of community areas in spatial planning policy. Although numerous…”
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Evolutionary diversity is associated with wood productivity in Amazonian forests by Coelho de Souza, Fernanda, Dexter, Kyle G., Phillips, Oliver L., Pennington, R. Toby, Neves, Danilo, Sullivan, Martin J. P., Alvarez-Davila, Esteban, Alves, Átila, Amaral, Ieda, Andrade, Ana, Aragao, Luis E. O. C., Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arets, Eric J. M. M., Arroyo, Luzmilla, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Bánki, Olaf, Baraloto, Christopher, Barroso, Jorcely G., Boot, Rene G. A., Brienen, Roel J. W., Brown, Foster, Camargo, José Luís C., Castro, Wendeson, Chave, Jerome, Cogollo, Alvaro, Comiskey, James A., Cornejo-Valverde, Fernando, da Costa, Antonio Lola, de Camargo, Plínio B., Di Fiore, Anthony, Feldpausch, Ted R., Galbraith, David R., Gloor, Emanuel, Goodman, Rosa C., Gilpin, Martin, Herrera, Rafael, Higuchi, Niro, Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N., Jimenez-Rojas, Eliana, Killeen, Timothy J., Laurance, Susan, Laurance, William F., Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Lovejoy, Thomas E., Malhi, Yadvinder, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Mendoza, Casimiro, Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel, Neill, David A., Vargas, Percy Núñez, Peñuela Mora, Maria C., Pickavance, Georgia C., Pipoly, John J., Pitman, Nigel C. A., Poorter, Lourens, Prieto, Adriana, Ramirez, Freddy, Roopsind, Anand, Rudas, Agustin, Salomão, Rafael P., Silva, Natalino, Silveira, Marcos, Singh, James, Stropp, Juliana, ter Steege, Hans, Terborgh, John, Thomas-Caesar, Raquel, Umetsu, Ricardo K., Vasquez, Rodolfo V., Célia-Vieira, Ima, Vieira, Simone A., Vos, Vincent A., Zagt, Roderick J., Baker, Timothy R.

“…Higher levels of taxonomic and evolutionary diversity are expected to maximize ecosystem function, yet their relative importance in driving variation in…”
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Enrichment planting of Bertholletia excelsa in secondary forest in the Bolivian Amazon: effect of cutting line width on survival, growth and crown traits by Peña-Claros, Marielos, Boot, René G.A, Dorado-Lora, Jhovania, Zonta, Armelinda

“…Enrichment planting is commonly used for enhancing the density of desired tree species in secondary forests. Bertholletia excelsa is one of the most important…”
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Effects of shade and input management on economic performance of small-scale Peruvian coffee systems by Jezeer, Rosalien E., Santos, Maria J., Boot, René G.A., Junginger, Martin, Verweij, Pita A.

“…Tropical agroforestry systems provide a number of ecosystem services that might help sustain the production of multiple crops, improve farmers' livelihoods and…”
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Influence of livelihood assets, experienced shocks and perceived risks on smallholder coffee farming practices in Peru by Jezeer, Rosalien E., Verweij, Pita A., Boot, René G.A., Junginger, Martin, Santos, Maria J.

“…Smallholder farmers might adopt different farming practices to cope with multiple stressors depending on their livelihood assets, and with varying…”
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Shaded Coffee and Cocoa – Double Dividend for Biodiversity and Small-scale Farmers by Jezeer, Rosalien E., Verweij, Pita A., Santos, Maria J., Boot, René G.A.

“…This paper compares financial and biodiversity performance of small-scale shaded coffee and cocoa plantations versus intensified conventional ones. We conduct…”
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Benefits for multiple ecosystem services in Peruvian coffee agroforestry systems without reducing yield by Jezeer, Rosalien E., Santos, Maria J., Verweij, Pita A., Boot, René G.A., Clough, Yann

“…•We test shade and input gradients effects on coffee yield, biodiversity and carbon.•Shade variation showed little effect on reported coffee yield.•Shade…”
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Defaunation changes leaf trait composition of recruit communities in tropical forests in French Guiana by Vaessen, Rens W., Jansen, Patrick A., Richard‐Hansen, Cécile, Boot, René G. A., Denis, Thomas, Derroire, Géraldine, Petronelli, Pascal, Vries, Jesse S., Barry, Kathryn E., ter Steege, Hans, Kuijk, Marijke

“…Hunting impacts tropical vertebrate populations, causing declines of species that function as seed dispersers and predators, or that browse seedlings and…”
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monocarpic tree species in a polycarpic world: how can Tachigali vasquezii maintain itself so successfully in a tropical rain forest community? by Poorter, L, Zuidema, P.A, Pena-Claros, M, Boot, R.G.A

“…1 Although monocarpy is rare among long-lived plant species that grow in stable habitats, one monocarpic species, Tachigali vasquezii, is extremely abundant in…”
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Regeneration of timber trees in a logged tropical forest in North Bolivia by (Jacaranda) van Rheenen, H.M.P.J.B., Boot, Rene G.A., Werger, Marinus J.A., Ulloa Ulloa, Miguel

“…For sustainable forest management, it is important to know the response of timber species to the change in environment caused by logging. We performed a 2-year…”
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Demography of the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) in the Bolivian Amazon: impact of seed extraction on recruitment and population dynamics by ZUIDEMA, PIETER A., BOOT, RENÉ G. A.

“…A demographic study was carried out on Bertholletia excelsa, the Brazil nut tree, in two primary forest sites in Northern Bolivia where Brazil nuts have been…”
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New Face of Debt-Peonage in the Bolivian Amazon: Social Networks and Bargaining Instruments by Cardona, Walter Cano, De Jong, Wil, Boot, René G. A, Zuidema, Pieter A

“…The debt-peonage system is an agreement between patrons and laborers in different economic activities worldwide. A common feature is social exploitation of…”
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Size and morphology of root systems of perennial grasses from contrasting habitats as affected by nitrogen supply by Boot, R.G.A. (Utrecht Univ. (Netherlands). Vakgroep voor Plantenoecologie en Evolutiebiologie), Mensink, M

“…This paper discusses interspecific differences and phenotypic responses to nitrogen supply in various root parameters of five perennial grasses from…”
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Growth and carbon economy of a fast-growing and a slow-growing grass species as dependent on nitrate supply by Poorter, H. (Utrecht Univ. (Netherlands). Dept. of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Vijver, C.A.D.M. van de, Boot, R.G.A, Lambers, H

“…In previous experiments systematic differences have been found in the morphology, carbon economy and chemical composition of seedlings of inherently fast- and…”
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Effect of nitrogen supply on growth, allocation and gas exchange characteristics of two perennial grasses from inland dunes by Boot, René G A, den Dubbelden, Koen C

“…We studied the effects of nitrogen supply on growth, allocation, and gas exchange characteristics of two perennial grasses of dry, nutrient-poor inland dunes:…”
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