A flood plain palm forest in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico five years after Hurricane Hugo

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-348

  Frangi, Jorge L ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem dynamics; Environmental disturbance; Floodplain forest; Hurricane; Luquillo Mountains; Puerto Rico; Regeneration; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HURRICANE; REGENERATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

FILICOPHYTA; PRESTOEA; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA MONTANA;

EID: 0032411088     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00069.x     Document Type: Article

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