Relationship Between Aboveground Biomass and Multiple Measures of Biodiversity in Subtropical Forest of Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-299

  Vance Chalcraft, Heather D ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a,d   Cox, Stephen B ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b   Scatena, Frederick N ^b,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Evenness; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Rarity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 77954093012     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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