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Humid subtropical climate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A recently completed research program (TREES) employing the global imaging capabilities of Earth-observing satellites provides updated information on the status of the world's humid tropical forest cover.
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(1) confined their study to "humid tropical forests," and thereby excluded extensive drier forest types that were incorporated into earlier studies of tropical forests worldwide (2) and in Brazilian Amazonia (3). Excluding dry forest types reduced deforestation estimates by 16.6% in Brazilian Amazonia (3) and by...
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3.2 Humid tropical forests ... Despite the floristic variety and the abundance of large trees in African humid tropical forests, these forests (covering approximately 340 million ha) contain only a relatively small number of species that can be considered commercially viable.
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Nsukka is a small university town in a rural agricultural environment. It is located in the tropical humid zone in southern Nigeria. It lies approximately on latitude 06°52'N and longitude 07°24'E.
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In Cuba, main atmospheric deposition of nitrogen compounds varies from approximately 12.0 to 65.0 kg N ha(-1) year(-1) in rural areas. Ammonia and ammonium are the most important elements in Cuba's tropical conditions...
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This study attempts to put in perspective the spatial and floristic variations, which exist in the tropical rainforest belt of Nigeria by virtue of different management practices.
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