Understorey fern responses to post-hurricane fertilization and debris removal in a Puerto Rican rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Halleck, Leslie Finical ^a   Sharpe, Joanne M ^b   Zou, Xiaoming ^c  

^a Dallas Arboretum   (United States)

^b Sharplex Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ferns; Herbaceous layer; Litter; Productivity; Pteridophytes; Puerto Rico; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FERN; HURRICANE; LITTER; PRODUCTIVITY; RAINFOREST; UNDERSTORY;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; NEPHROLEPIS; NEPHROLEPIS RIVULARIS; PTERIDOPHYTA; THELYPTERIS; THELYPTERIS DELTOIDEA;

EID: 1942542402     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740300124X     Document Type: Article

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