Impacts of disturbance initiated by road construction in a subtropical cloud forest in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 33-49

  Olander, Lydia P ^a   Scatena, F N ^b   Silver, Whendee L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c Department of Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Ecosystem recovery; Non native species; Soil nutrients; Succession

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032538134     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00261-8     Document Type: Article

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