Effects and outcomes of Caribbean hurricanes in a climate change scenario

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-251

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Disturbance; Hurricanes; Large and infrequent disturbances; Tropical forests; Wind storms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; STORM DAMAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLIMATE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; WIND;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL DISASTERS; TREES;

EID: 0034670083     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00526-X     Document Type: Article

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