Understanding the key mechanisms of tropical forest responses to canopy loss and biomass deposition from experimental hurricane effects

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 332, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a   González, Grizelle ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy detritus; Experimental cyclone disturbance; Forest recovery; Long Term Ecological Research (LTER); Tropical succession; Understory light

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SOIL MOISTURE; TRIMMING; TROPICS;

CANOPY DETRITUS; EXPERIMENTAL CYCLONE DISTURBANCE; FOREST RECOVERY; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; TROPICAL SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY LIGHT;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOMASS; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; MOISTURE; SOIL;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84918794748     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.024     Document Type: Article

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