Land-use history affects the distribution of the saprophytic orchid Wullschlaegelia calcarata in Puerto Rico's tabonuco forest

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 492-499

  Bergman, Erin ^a   Ackerman, James D ^a   Thompson, Jill ^a   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity recovery; Caribbean; Conservation; Forest disturbance; Luquillo Mountains; Orchidaceae; Plant distribution; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LEAF LITTER; LOGGING (TIMBER); TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

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

BUCHENAVIA TETRAPHYLLA; ORCHIDACEAE; WULLSCHLAEGELIA CALCARATA;

EID: 33745037251     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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