Aboveground biomass accumulation in a tropical wet forest in Nicaragua following a catastrophic hurricane disturbance

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 600-608

  Mascaro, Joseph ^a,d   Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Barros, Oton ^a   Boucher, Douglas H ^b   De La Cerda, Iñigo Granzow ^a   Ruiz, Javier ^a,c   Vandermeer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Universidades de Las Regiones Autonomas de la Costa Atlantica de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Allometry; Disturbance; Hurricane; Nicaragua; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 31344455636     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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