The effects of salinity on the dynamics of a Pterocarpus officinalis forest stand in Puerto Rico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-568

  Rivera Ocasio, Elsie ^a   Aide, T Mitchell ^a   Rios López, Neftalí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal tropical wetlands; Growth; Mortality; Nodulation; Recruitment; Salinity experiments; Salinity gradient; Sea level rise; Seedling response

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NODULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

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

PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 35348843907     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004361     Document Type: Article

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