Studies of this kind in other sites can provide a more holistic view on the economic trade-offs of various land use options in forested catchments.
Tree-nesting species (lesser noddies, white terns and a few brown noddies) form the bulk of the seabird population, and most nest on the forested plateau.
This naturally leads landowners to substitute their forested areas for pasture as a means to preempt the invasion.
As cocoa specialization provided greater remuneration to the farmer's labour, it soon became the crop of choice for all smallholders who settled in forested lands.
All that is required is the clearing of forested land and the planting of cocoa trees.
We therefore conducted a seed bank study in fallow and forested areas in addition to measurements of its rate of height growth and biomass accumulation.
Calcium weathering in forested soils and the effect of different tree species.
The presumed transmission occurred in a country area for 43 patients (54 %) and in a forested area for 27 (34 %) patients.