Comparing forest structure and biodiversity on private and public land: secondary tropical dry forests in Costa Rica

Agriculture & Biology

• public lands 100%
• private lands 99%
• tropical dry forests 85%
• Costa Rica 69%
• biodiversity 53%
• soil fertility 44%
• private forestry 29%
• private ownership 20%
• species diversity 18%
• land ownership 16%
• ownership 14%
• secondary forests 14%
• Astronium graveolens 11%
• public ownership 10%
• Guazuma ulmifolia 9%
• Cedrela odorata 9%
• Swietenia macrophylla 9%
• forest land 7%
• environmental management 7%
• land management 7%
• soil management 6%
• forest trees 6%
• tropical forests 6%
• soil sampling 5%
• pastures 4%
• environmental factors 3%
• cattle 3%
• crops 3%
• soil 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• private land 83%
• dry forest 79%
• tropical forest 65%
• soil fertility 50%
• biodiversity 47%
• public 43%
• land 36%
• ownership 25%
• private forest 24%
• secondary forest 14%
• land conservation 8%
• landownership 7%
• soil management 6%
• cattle 6%
• timber 5%
• pasture 5%
• species diversity 5%
• soil 5%
• crop 4%