Global tropical dry forest extent and cover: A comparative study of bioclimatic definitions using two climatic data sets.

ABSTRACT: There is a debate concerning the definition and extent of tropical dry forest biome and vegetation type at a global spatial scale. We identify the potential extent of the tropical dry forest biome based on bioclimatic definitions and climatic data sets to improve global estimates of distribution, cover, and change. We compared four bioclimatic definitions of the tropical dry forest biome-Murphy and Lugo, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), DryFlor, aridity index-using two climatic data sets: WorldClim and Climatologies at High-resolution for the Earth's Land Surface Areas (CHELSA). We then compared each of the eight unique combinations of bioclimatic definitions and climatic data sets using 540 field plots identified as tropical dry forest from a literature search and evaluated the ac

SUBMITTER: Ocon JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8136719 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature