Damage patterns after Hurricane Dean in the southern Yucatán: Has human activity resulted in more resilient forests?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 812-820

  McGroddy, Megan ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^a   Schneider, Laura ^b   Rogan, John ^c   Zager, Irene ^b   Schmook, Birgit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Land use; Mexico; Seasonally dry tropical forest; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST STAND STRUCTURE; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; ME-XICO; SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; STAND CHARACTERISTICS; STAND STRUCTURES;

CONSERVATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; HURRICANES; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOSPHERE; DAMAGE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HURRICANE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84888134310     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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