Background and catastrophic tree mortality in tropical moist, wet, and rain forests

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 585-599

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Scatena, F N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Disturbance; Hurricanes; Landslides; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; Tree fall gaps; Tree mortality; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000919206     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389099     Document Type: Article

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