Soil factors predict initial plant colonization on Puerto Rican landslides

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-178

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a,b   West, Christine A ^c,d   Weiss, Laura ^b,d   Klawinski, Paul D ^e   Walker, Lawrence R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Primary succession; Sediment runoff; Slope stability; Soil nitrogen; Soil particle size

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIORITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST EDGE; LANDSLIDE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL QUALITY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 41049085617     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9313-x     Document Type: Article

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