1. Tropical dry forests in the Americas : the tropi-dry endeavor / Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Jennifer S. Powers, and Mauricio Quesada -- 2. Tropical dry forest ecological succession in Mexico : synthesis of a long-term study / Mauricio Quesada, Mariana Alvarez-Anorve, Luis Avila-Cabadilla, Alicia Castillo, Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Silvana Marten-Rodriguez, Victor Rosas-Guerrero, Roberto Syago, Gumersindo Sanchez-Montoya, Jose Miguel Contreras-Sanchez, Francisco Balvino-Olvera, Sergio Ricardo Olvera-Garcia, Sergio Lopez-Valencia, and Natalia Valdespino-Vazquez -- 3. Status of knowledge, conservation, and management of tropical dry forest in the Magdalena River Valley, Colombia / Fernando Fernandez-Mendez, Omar Melo, Esteban Alvarez, Uriel Perez, and Alfredo Lozano -- 4. Brazilian tropical dry forest on basalt and limestone outcrops : status of knowledge and perspectives / Marcel Coelho, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa -- 5. Tropical dry forests of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil : diversity, conservation status, and natural regeneration / Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, Lemuel Olivio-Leite, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes, Magno Augusto Zaza-Borges, Luiz Alberto Dolabela-Falcao, Flvia Fonseca-Pezzini, Ricardo Louro-Berbara, Henrique Maia-Valrio, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Manoel Reinaldo-Leite, Carlos Magno Santos-Clemente, and Marcos Esdras-Leite -- 6. A review of remote sensing of tropical dry forests / Michael Hesketh and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa -- 7. Phenological patterns of tropical dry forests along latitudinal and successional gradients in the neotropics / Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Mauricio Quesada, Mariana Alvarez- Anorve, Luis Avila-Cabadilla, Silvana Marten-Rodriguez, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Maria de Jesus Aguilar-Aguilar, Francisco Balvino-Olvera, Diego Brando, Jose Miguel Contreras-Sanchez, Joselandio Correa-Santos, Jacob Cristobal-Perez, Paola Fernandez, Branco Hilje, Claudia Jacobi, Flavia Fonseca-Pezzini, Fernando Rosas, Victor Rosas-Guerrero, Gumersindo Sanchez-Montoya, Roberto Sayago, and Arely Vazquez-Ramirez -- 8. Plant functional trait variation in tropical dry forests : a review and synthesis / Catherine M. Hulshof, Angelina Martinez-Yrizar, Alberto Burquez, Brad Boyle, and Brian J. Enquist -- 9. Nutrient cycling in tropical dry forests / Maria Gabriela Gei and Jennifer S. Powers -- 10. Edge influence on canopy openness and understory microclimate in two neotropical dry forest fragments / Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, and Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo -- 11. Fruit-eating bats and birds of three seasonal tropical dry forests in the Americas / Jafet Nassar, Kathryn E. Stoner, Luis Avila-Cabadilla, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, Carla I. Aranguren, Jose A. Gonzalez-Carcacia, Juan Manuel Lobato-Garcia, Lemuel Olivio-Leite, Mariana Alvarez-Anorve, Hugo N. de Matos Brandao, Luiz Alberto Dolabela-Falcao, and Jon Paul Rodriguez --

12. Spatiotemporal dynamics of insects in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Jhonathan O. Silva, Tatianne Marques, Joo Gabriel Mota-Souza, Bruno Madeira, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes -- 13. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi : essential belowground organisms in tropical dry environments / Ricardo Louro-Berbara, Bruno T. Goto, Camila P. Nobre, Fernanda Covacevich, and Henrique M.A.C. Fonseca -- 14. An evaluation of rainfall interception in secondary tropical dry forests / Cesar D. Jimnez-Rodriguez and Julio Calvo-Alvarado -- 15. Linkages among ecosystem structure, composition, and leaf area index along a tropical dry forest chronosequence in Mexico / Yingduan Huang, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Benoit Rivard, and Mauricio Quesada -- 16. Seed germination of arboreal-shrub species with different dispersal mechanisms in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Giovana Rodrigues da Luz and Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes -- 17. Interspecific and interannual variation in foliar phenological patterns in a successional mosaic of a dry forest in the Central Llanos of Venezuela / Soraya del Carmen Villalobos, Jose A. Gonzalez-Carcacia, Jon Paul Rodriguez, and Jafet Nassar -- 18. Floristic, structural, and functional group variations in tree assemblages in a Brazilian tropical dry forest : effects of successional stage and soil properties / Yule Roberta Ferreira-Nunes, Giovana Rodrigues da Luz, Saimo Rebleth de Souza, Diellen Librelon da Silva, Maria das Dores Magalhes-Veloso, Mario Marcos do Espirito-Santo, and Rubens Manoel dos Santos -- 19. Tree diameter growth of three successional stages of tropical dry forests, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica / Dorian Carvajal-Vanegas and Julio Calvo-Alvarado -- 20. Carbon dioxide enrichment effects in the spectral signature of lianas and tree species from tropical dry forests / Yumi Oki, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Payri Yamarte-Loreto, and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes -- 21. Tropical dry forests in Latin America : analyzing the history of land use and present socio-ecological struggles / Alicia Castillo, Mauricio Quesada, Francisco Rodriguez, Felisa C. Anaya, Claudia Galicia, Francisco Monge, Romulo S. Barbosa, Andrea Zhouri, Julio Calvo-Alvarado, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa -- 22. Conflicts between conservation units and traditional communities in a Brazilian tropical dry forest / Felisa C. Anaya, Romulo S. Barbosa, and Andrea Zhouri -- 23. Predicting policy impact on tropical dry forests / Alexander Pfaff and Juan Robalino -- 24. Traditional ecological knowledge of rural communities in areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in Serra do Cipo, Brazil / Emmanuel Duarte-Almada, Marcel Coelho, Andre Vieira Quitino, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa.