Climate shapes the novel plant communities that form after deforestation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1704-1718

  Brandeis, Thomas J ^a   Helmer, Eileen H ^a   Marcano Vega, Humfredo ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cluster analysis; Introduced species; Land use history; NMS ordination; Species composition; Tropical secondary forest

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND-USE HISTORY; NMS ORDINATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TROPICAL SECONDARY FOREST;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOPHYSICS; CLEARCUTTING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST INVENTORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 68949159801     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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