Landscape effects on structure and species composition of tabonuco forests in Puerto Rico: Implications for conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-147

  Álvarez Ruiz, Migdalia ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b  

^a University of Puerto Rico at Ponce   (Puerto Rico)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Forested landscapes; Novel forests; Secondary forests; Shade coffee; Tobacco landscapes; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BASAL AREA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMIC TREES; FOREST STAND; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; INDICATOR SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE TYPE; LOWER MONTANE FORESTS; NOVEL FORESTS; PRIMARY FOREST; PUERTO RICO; SECONDARY FORESTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DENSITY; SPECIES IMPORTANCE; TOBACCO PRODUCTION; TREE DENSITY; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOLOGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TOBACCO; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; COFFEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; TOBACCO; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PUERTO RICO;

DACRYODES EXCELSA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 82655183831     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.044     Document Type: Article

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