Ecosystem development and plant succession on landslides in the Caribbean

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 566-576

  Walker, Lawrence R ^a   Zarin, Daniel J ^b   Fetcher, Ned ^c   Myster, Randall W ^c   Johnson, Arthur H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Landslides; Primary succession; Puerto Rico; Seed rain; Soil nutrients; Soil organic matter; Spatial heterogeneity; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000148658     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389097     Document Type: Article

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