The first five years in the reorganization of aboveground biomass and nutrient use following Hurricane Hugo in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 424-440

  Scatena, F N ^a   Moya, S ^a   Estrada, C ^a   Chinea, J D ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hurricanes; Nutrient use; Puerto Rico; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844384616     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389086     Document Type: Article

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