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  1. Post-Hurricane Successional Dynamics in Abundance and Diversity of Canopy Arthropods in a Tropical Rainforest

    We quantified long-term successional trajectories of canopy arthropods on six tree species in a tropical rainforest ecosystem in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico that experienced repeated hurricane-induced disturbances during the 19-yr study (1991–2009). We expected: 1) differential performances of arthropod species to result in taxon- or guild-specific responses...

    Author(s):
    T. D. Schowalter; M. R. Willig; S. J. Presley
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    Biodiversity, disturbance, hurricane, legacy, drought
    Source:
    Environmental Entomology

  2. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and natural enemies promote coexistence of tropical tree species

    Negative population feedbacks mediated by natural enemies can promote species coexistence at the community scale through disproportionate mortality of numerically dominant (common) tree species. Simultaneously, associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can result in positive effects on tree populations. Coupling data on seedling foliar damage from herbivores...

    Author(s):
    Benedicte Bachelot; María Uriarte; Krista L. McGuire; Jill Thompson; Jess Zimmerman
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, coexistence, community compensatory trend, Janzen Connell hypothesis, seedling mortality, tropical forest
    Source:
    Ecology

  3. A 42 year inference of cloud base height trends in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico

    The Luquillo Mountains of eastern Puerto Rico are home to the only tropical rainforest managed by the United States Forest Service, with cloud-immersed forests historically occupying the highest elevations. However, within the past 50 yr, studies of the Luquillo cloud forest have suggested an increase in cloud base heights (CBH), although the CBH in the area was not...

    Author(s):
    Paul W. Miller; Thomas L. Mote; Craig A. Ramseyer; Ashley Van Beusekom; Martha Scholl; Grizelle Gonzalez
    Year:
    2018
    Keywords:
    Cloud base height, Luquillo Mountains, Cloud forest, Lifted condensation level, Tropical rainforest, Caribbean
    Source:
    Climate Research
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