Plant successional pathways on Puerto Rican landslides

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-173

  Myster, Randall W ^a   Walker, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alchornea; Cecropia; Convergence; Gonzalagunia; Inga; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Piper; Principal components analysis; Schefflera; Successional rate

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

PUERTO RICO, LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ALCHORNEA LATIFOLIA; ARALIACEAE; CECROPIA SCHREBERIANA; CECROPIACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; GONZALAGUNIA SPICATA; INGA VERA; MIMOSACEAE; PIPER GLABRESCENS; PIPERACEAE; SCHEFFLERA MOROTOTONI;

EID: 0030617632     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010397     Document Type: Article

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