Hurricanes and biodiversity in the tropical forests of Guadeloupe;Ouragans et diversite biologique dans les forets tropicales. L'exemple de la Guadeloupe

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-262

  Imbert, Daniel ^a   Rousteau, Alain ^a   Labbé, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Hurricanes; Mangrove; Resilience; Resistance; Tropical rain forest; Tropical semi deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HURRICANE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

GUADELOUPE;

EID: 0032078448     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80029-5     Document Type: Article

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