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Dry forests are environments characterized by drought conditions that extend for long periods with very few rainy periods. Under these circumstances trees have become adapted to survive under drought conditions (Fig. 4.1). Worldwide 42% of all intertropical vegetation and 49% of the vegetation of Mesoamerica (southern Mexico and Central America) and the Caribbean comprises tropical dry forest (Murphy 1995). Dry forest tree species distribution has been affected by climate change, e.g. southern Ecuador (Aguirre et al. 2017). To date, dry forests and forests worldwide face climate change impacts. These could cause several consequences within forests by varying the frequency, intensity, length, and timing of fire, drought, insect and pathogen outbreaks, invasive species, hurricanes, landslides, etc. (Dale et al. 2001).
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Ramírez, F., Kallarackal, J. (2018). Droughts and Pollination. In: Tree Pollination Under Global Climate Change. SpringerBriefs in Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73969-4_4
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