Responses to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest ecosystem: Synthesis from an experimental manipulation simulating effects of hurricane disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 332, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-133

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a   González, Grizelle ^b   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy Trimming Experiment; Detritus; Long term Ecological Research (LTER); Resistance resilience; Tropical forest succession; Understory light

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027937994     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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