Landscape and regional impacts of hurricanes in Puerto Rico

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 335-352

  Boose, Emery R ^a   Serrano, Mayra I ^a,b   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Fujita scale; Historical record; Hurricane; Landscape patterns; Modeling; Natural disturbance; Puerto Rico; Regional patterns; Topographic exposure; Tropical forests; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HURRICANE; LAND USE; MODELING; STORM DAMAGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 4444277808     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4057     Document Type: Article

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