Even in less affected regions, rainforest cover was greatly diminished, especially in West Africa where a few " refugia " were surrounded by tropical grasslands.
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Lyle Winks, the former editor of " Tropical Grasslands ", is the new journal's English editor; Rainer Schultze-Kraft is in charge of submissions in Spanish.
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""'Los Llanos " "'(,, " The Plains " ) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America.
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The oribi occurs in a variety of habitats from savannahs, floodplains and tropical grasslands with tall grasses to montane grasslands at low altitudes, up to above the sea level.
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In 2012, a new peer-reviewed scientific journal, " Tropical Grasslands Forrajes Tropicales ", covering research on tropical pastures and forages was established as an initiative of scientists from Australia and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
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A major theory has long held that after the ape and hominid lineages split, the earliest human ancestors were forced into the expanding tropical grasslands of the African savannah after the continent's thick forests dwindled as the climate changed.
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Another theory is that the name was derived from the English term " savanna ", a kind of tropical grassland, which was borrowed by the English from Spanish " sabana " and used in the Taino word " zabana ".
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"Banksia dentata " is one of four " Banksia " species collected by basal member ( early offshoot ) within the group . " Banksia dentata " is found in tropical grassland known as savanna, associated with " Pandanus " and " Melaleuca ".
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In 2001, Bert Grof was made " Fellow of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc . " for his great contribution to our understanding of exotic species ecology, and helping to improve the incomes and lifestyles of innumerable families around the tropical world by plant introduction for tropical pasture improvement.
