Factors Affecting Tropical Tree Damage and Survival after Catastrophic Wind Disturbance

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-41

  Webb, Edward L ^a   van de Bult, Martin ^b   Fa'aumu, Siaifoi ^c   Webb, Rachel C ^d   Tualaulelei, Ailao ^c   Carrasco, Luis R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Social Development Department   (Thailand)

^c Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

^d NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Hurricane; Life history; Mortality; Polynesia; Resilience; Resistance; Resprout; Uproot

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HURRICANE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TREE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL FOREST; WIND FORCING;

SAMOA;

EID: 84891660561     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12067     Document Type: Article

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