Estimating soil turnover rate from tree uprooting during hurricanes in Puerto Rico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1076-1084

  Lenart, Melanie T ^a   Falk, D A ^a   Scatena, F N ^b   Osterkamp, W R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hurricane; Luquillo experimental forest; Mound and pit topography; Puerto Rico; Soil turnover period; Treefall; Tropical forests; Uprooting; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO; TROPICAL FOREST; WINDTHROWS;

FORESTRY; HURRICANES;

SOILS;

BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HURRICANE; LANDSLIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; TREEFALL; TROPICAL FOREST; WINDTHROW;

CHELATION; FORESTRY; PUERTO RICO; SOIL; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WIND;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 75549088597     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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