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Title A Caribbean forest tapestry : the multidimensional nature of disturbance and response / edited by Nicholas Brokaw [and others]
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 460 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Long-Term Ecological Research Network series
Long-Term Ecological Research Network series.
Contents Ecological paradigms for the tropics : old questions and continuing challenges / Ariel E. Lugo [and others] -- Conceptual overview : disturbance, gradients, and ecological response / Robert B. Waide and Michael R. Willig -- Geographic and ecological Setting of the Luquillo Mountains / William H. McDowell [and others] -- Disturbance regime / Frederick N. Scatena [and others] -- Response to disturbance / Nicholas Brokaw [and others] -- When and where biota matter : linking disturbance regimes, species characteristics and dynamics of communities and ecosystems / Todd A. Crowl [and others] -- Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research / Ariel E. Lugo [and others] -- Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains : synthesis and foundations for the future / Michael R. Willig [and others]
Summary Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of change if we understand how tropical ecosystems respond to disturbance. For tropical forests and streams in Puerto Rico this book describes the impacts of, and recovery from, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and human disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. These ecosystems recover quickly after natural disturbances, having been shaped over time by such events. But human disturbance has longer-lasting impacts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Forest ecology -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Forest ecology -- Caribbean Area
Forest ecology -- Tropics
Ecological disturbances -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Adaptation (Biology) -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Biotic communities -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Forest management -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Forest conservation -- Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
NATURE -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Adaptation (Biology)
Biotic communities
Ecological disturbances
Ecology
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest management
SUBJECT Luquillo Mountains (P.R.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject Caribbean Area
Puerto Rico -- Luquillo Mountains
Tropics
Form Electronic book
Author Brokaw, Nicholas V. L.
ISBN 9780190267742
0190267747
9780199715114
0199715114