Controls of primary productivity: Lessons from the Luquillo mountains in Puerto Rico

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-37

  Waide, Robert B ^a   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a   Scatena, F N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Cloud forest; Disturbance; Fertilization; Hurricane; Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, USA; Multiple controls; Primary productivity, factors controlling; Soil oxygen; Transpiration; Wind exposure

Indexed keywords

MONTANE FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0031660494     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0031:COPPLF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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