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Finca Tori is located at an altitude that oscillates between 2000 and 2400 meters
(6000 and 7200 feet) at the “Central Mountain Range” of Costa Rica in Central America,
at 15 Km(11 miles) from Barva de Heredia, between GPS points 10.05.800 and 10.06.750
N and 84.06.450 and 84.06.570 W. The Ciruelas River borders it to the East; this
river is born some few miles from the Farm.
It is a zone of humid tropical forest, classified according to Holdridge: A very
humid low-mountain forest.»see more
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After a first study performed in 1999, a total of 26 native species whose fruit
attract mainly birds were selected. In order to study the phenology of these trees,
a total of three individuals per species were selected to be used as seedbeds.
A phenological study of the 26 species was started when the little or non-existence
of documentation on high-altitude forest in Costa Rica was demonstrated...
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