Short-term effects of cyclone impact and long-term recovery of tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1063-1078

  Burslem, D F R P ^a   Whitmore, T C ^a,b   Brown, G C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Demography; Disturbance; Human impact; Long term measurement; Relative abundance; Solomon Islands; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT HEIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; TROPICS;

CYCLONE; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

EID: 0034495837     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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