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Helping HELP with limited resources: The Luquillo experience (with J R. Ortiz-Zayas and J F. Blanco-Libreros), Departmental Papers (EES) (2008)

By definition the HELP approach involves the active participation of individuals from a wide range...

 

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Metabolism of a tropical rainforest stream (with Jorge R. Ortiz-Zayas, William M. Lewis Jr., James F. Saunders III, and James H. McCutchan Jr.), Departmental Papers (EES) (2005)

Gradients in photosynthesis (P) and respiration (R) were measured on an unperturbed portion of the...

 

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Ecological rhythms and the management of humid tropical forests. Examples from the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico, Departmental Papers (EES) (2001)

A common premise in modern forest management is that land management should operate over large...

 

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Eutrophic overgrowth in the self-organization of tropical wetlands illustrated with a study of swine wastes in rainforest plots (with Robert Kent and H. T. Odum), Departmental Papers (EES) (2000)

The relationship of plant species diversity to cultural eutrophy in tropical wetlands was studied in...

 

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Non-Indigenous Bamboo along Headwater Streams of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Leaf Fall, Aquatic Leaf Decay and Patterns of Invasion (with Paul J. O'Connor, Alan P. Covich, and Lloyd L. Loope), Departmental Papers (EES) (2000)

The introduction of bamboo to montane rain forests of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico in...

 

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Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on Stream Water Concentrations and Fluxes in Eight Tropical Forest Watersheds of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico (with Douglas A. Schaefer, William H. McDowell, and Clyde E. Asbury), Departmental Papers (EES) (2000)

Stream water chemistry responds substantially to watershed disturbances, but hurricane effects have not been extensively...

 

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Effects of Nutrient Availability and Other Elevational Changes on Bromeliad Populations and Their Invertebrate Communities in a Humid Tropical Forest in Puerto Rico (with Barbara A. Richardson, M. J. Richardson, and William H. McDowell), Departmental Papers (EES) (2000)

Nutrient inputs into tank bromeliads were studied in relation to growth and productivity, and the...

 

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Hurricane Hugo: Damage to a Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico (with Khadga Basnet, Gene E. Likens, and Ariel E. Lugo), Departmental Papers (EES) (1992)

Hurricane Hugo of September 1989 caused severe damage to the rain forest in the north-east...