Changes in necromass and nutrients on the forest floor of a palm floodplain forest in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a,b   Frangi, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; HURRICANE; NUTRIENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE; PRESTOEA; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA MONTANA;

EID: 0347723815     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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