Riparian vegetation and stream condition in a tropical agriculture-secondary forest mosaic

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 225-234

  Heartsill Scalley, T ^a,b   Aide, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First order streams; Land cover; Montane watersheds; Puerto Rico; Riparian vegetation; Secondary forest; Tropical agriculture; Tropical streams; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SECONDARY FOREST; STREAM; WATERSHED;

(SOUTHEAST); PUERTO RICO;

FILICOPHYTA; GUAREA; GUAREA GUIDONIA; POACEAE; RIPARIA; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS;

EID: 0037780471     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0225:RVASCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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