Light green shows ‘tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests’60, which we extrapolate to as the closed canopy tropical forest biome. Full size image Consistent patterns of commonness The Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia datasets differ in the number and size of plots sampled and the ...
In these more northerly areas, extending beyond the Tropic of Cancer, the rain forest takes on a more subtropical character but maintains high diversity and its multi-layered structure, with abundant epiphytes and lianas. Tropical rain forest in general is composed of many tree species from ...
Neglected tropical diseases are a set of 20 diseases or disease groups that occur predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas. They include lymphatic filariasis, more commonly known as elephantiasis, onchocerciasis or river blindness, schistosomiasis, or bilharzia, as well as human African trypanosomi...
Subsequent local spatial autocorrelation analysis reflects the degree of correlation between a region and its neighbouring areas. Based on the Z-test (P ≤ 0.05), a LISA cluster map is constructed [21], thereby determining the spatial distribution of study units in "high–high", "high–...
On the other hand, heat and moisture rise from tropical latitudes to form part of atmospheric convection cells, the Hadley cells that dominate tropical and subtropical climates (Kennett, 1982), which then play an important part in the planet's climate. Equatorial latitudes receive the largest ...
one of two geographic belts of the earth, located in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere between the subtropical and subequatorial belts. The tropical belts are characterized by the predominance of desert and semidesert landscapes on the continents and of high water temperatures and ...
Subtropical Storms: A Strange Mix An interesting thing happens when an extratropical or non-tropical low begins to warm up. This can happen when the low slows down, tracks over ocean water just warm enough – usually at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit – and thunderstorms begin to percolate closer...
WHO reports that at least 1 billion people suffer from one or more of the 17 major diseases which affect the poorest, most vulnerable people mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Some diseases affect individuals throughout their lives, causing a high degree of morbidity, social...
and its territorial coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and portions of the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. The primary alphanumeric product issued by the NHC/TAFB for this purpose is the Offshore Waters Forecast, serving users who operate from the coastal waters...
a mixture of tropical, subtropical, and temperate species. Although several endemic fishes and marine invertebrates have been described14, the majority of shallow reef marine species found at the Kermadec Islands have broader New Zealand, Australasian, and even Indo-Pacific wide distributions14,15,16...