Cascading Effects of Canopy Opening and Debris Deposition from a Large-Scale Hurricane Experiment in a Tropical Rain Forest

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 871-881

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a   González, Grizelle ^b   Lodge, D Jean ^c   Willig, Michael R ^d   Zimmerman, Jess K ^e  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c USDA Forest Service Luquillo   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Large scale disturbance; Luquillo Experimental Forest biodiversity; plant animal microbial interactions; resistance resilience; soil solution chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942248858     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv111     Document Type: Article

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