Landscape assessment of tree communities in the northern karst region of Puerto Rico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-115

  Aukema, Juliann E ^a,b,d   Carlo, Tomás A ^c,e   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Endemic species; Exotic species; Landscape ecology; Limestone; Ordination; Plant community; Species diversity; Tropical moist forest; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; KARST; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION;

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

EID: 34250673207     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9169-5     Document Type: Article

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