Changes in light below the canopy of a Jamaican montane rainforest after a hurricane

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 699-722

  Bellingham, P J ^a,d   Tanner, E V J ^a   Rich, P M ^b   Goodland, T C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Hemispherical photographs; Photosynthetically active radiation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE GILBERT; LIGHT REGIME; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0030440837     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009883     Document Type: Article

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