Vegetation-environment relationships in forest ecosystems of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-310

  Sherman, Ruth E ^a   Martin, Patrick H ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forests; Disturbance; Diversity; Dominican Republic; Gradient analysis; Logistic regression; Pine forests; Trade wind inversion; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; MONTANE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

PINUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 25144508594     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[293:VRIFEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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