Changes in structure, composition, and nutrients during 15 yr of hurricane-induced succession in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-463

  Heartsill Scalley, Tamara ^a,b   Scatena, Fred N ^a,b   Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Moya, Samuel ^a   Estrada Ruiz, Carlos R ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground; Biomass; Bisley Experimental Watersheds; Cecropia schreberiana; Leaf chemistry; Magnesium; Secondary succession; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATERSHED;

PUERTO RICO;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCHREBERIANA;

EID: 77955083752     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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