Secondary subtropical dry Forest at the La Tinaja Tract of the Cartagena Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-285

  Weaver, Peter L ^a   Chinea, J Danilo ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DRY FOREST; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARTAGENA LAGOON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

CACTACEAE; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PILOSOCEREUS ROYENII;

EID: 0942299946     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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