A neighborhood analysis of tree growth and survival in a hurricane-driven tropical forest

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-614

  Uriarte, María ^a   Canham, Charles D ^a   Thompson, Jill ^b   Zimmerman, Jess K ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Competitive coefficient; Equivalent competitors; Growth, size dependent; Hurricane disturbance; Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot, Puerto Rico; Mortality, size dependent; Neighborhood effects; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; STORM DAMAGE; WINDTHROW;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

EID: 17044376673     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4031     Document Type: Article

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