Regional variation in Caribbean dry forest tree species composition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 873-886

  Franklin, Janet ^a   Ripplinger, Julie ^b   Freid, Ethan H ^c   Marcano Vega, Humfredo ^d   Steadman, David W ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST   (Bahamas)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Bahamian archipelago; Broadleaf subtropical evergreen forest; Forest community; Greater Antilles; Novel ecosystems; Tropical seasonal evergreen forest; Vegetation classification; West Indies

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BAHAMAS; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANACARDIACEAE; BURSERA SIMARUBA; BURSERACEAE; METOPIUM TOXIFERUM;

EID: 84930867424     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-015-0474-8     Document Type: Article

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