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an area of woodland, historically, one owned by the sovereign and set apart as a hunting ground with its own laws and officers.

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In summary, the LMEB, with physiognomic and floristic similarities to the lower montane evergreen broad-leaved forest in mainland southeast Asia, is part of the later; the SWEB and UMEB, which have the highest ratio of Sino-Himalayan and Chinese endemic species in their floristic compositions, are unique in southwestern China, although the UMEB has similar physiognomic features to the upper montane forest in tropical Asia.

Studies on the Evergreen Broad-leaved Forests of Yunnan, Southwestern China

ii) Is there some decoupling in the richness and floristic composition between lower and upper strata of montane forest and scrub phytophysiognomies?

Diversidad y formas de vida de una comunidad lenosa-herbacea en los complejos rocosos de cuarcita del Quadrilatero Ferrifero brasileno

TABLE 1: Total aboveground biomass and carbon stock of vegetation in low montane forest in southern Ecuador.

ALLOMETRIC MODELS TO ESTIMATE STOCKS CARBON IN THE LOWER MONTANE FORESTS IN SOUTH OF ECUADOR/MODELOS ALOMETRICOS PARA ESTIMAR EL ALMACENAMIENTO DE CARBONO DE BOSQUES MONTANOS BAJOS EN EL SUR DEL ECUADOR

These areas correspond to the Pacific Tropical Rainforest, northern Montane Forest, and Amazon Lowland Rainforest (Fig.

Un analisis actualizado de la distribucion de especies de carnivoros peruanos listados por CITES para prioridades de conservacion

Vertical distribution of bromeliads in a montane forest in the Eastern cordillera of the colombian Andes.

Plant structure predicts leaf litter capture in the tropical montane bromeliad Tillandsia turneri/A estrutura da planta determina a folhagem interceptada pela bromelia Tillandsiaturneri

Growth, net production, litter decomposition, and net nitrogen accumulation by epiphytic bryophytes in a tropical montane forest. Biotropica, 30:12-23.

The role of arthropods in the growth of Tillandsia violacea (Bromeliaceae) in a Mexican temperate forest

Observations on the ecology of the black-and-chestnut eagle (Oroaetus isidori) in a montane forest of southeastern Peru.

Behavioral notes and nesting of the Black Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius) in Belize

Samples were taken fortnightly between March 2010 and February 2011, for an uninterrupted period of 2 h each samples, in a fragment of about 400 ha of native vegetation, characterized by semideciduous montane forest, riparian forest and open grassland formations, known as the "Mata do Bau", in Barroso, MG, Brazil (Menini-Neto et al.

Primer registro de Argentoleon irrigatus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) para Minas Gerais, Brasil

The tributaries tested in #7 are mostly north-south aligned streams with the west facing slopes getting the afternoon solar loading as they do along the upper Wood and Salmon River HWs, but the opposing east facing slopes support more closed montane forest stands and are positioned at a lower solar incident angle in the afternoon sun in both the spring and fall.

Certain field measures of characteristics affecting wetted Biorefuges in the Steppe/ Montane altitudinal zones of the Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho

Above 900 metres, a local variant of lower montane forest becomes increasingly established, eventually dominating the southern rim of the basin at 1,025 metres.