Growth and development of the thinning canopy in a post-hurricane tropical rain forest in Nicaragua

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 221-242

  Vandermeer, John H ^a   Boucher, Douglas H ^b,c   Granzow De La Cerda, Iñigo ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecological niche; Forest dynamics; Rain forest; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST STRUCTURE; TROPICAL RAINFOREST;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NICARAGUA; TROPICS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0035399506     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00538-7     Document Type: Article

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