Treatments common to both sites are quarterly fertilization (macro- and micronutrients) and unmanipulated. At El Verde, a third set of plots was subject to a one time removal of litter and woody debris generated by Hurricane Hugo (September 1989). The following table offers a map of the treatments performed at the plots:

Quarterly fertilization (macro- and micronutrients) and unmanipulated

Site	Block	Plot	Treatment
El Verde	1	1	L	Where, L= Total litter removal once following hurricane Hugo, and once again following hurricane Georges. F= fertilization C= Controls T= Total litter removal following hurricane Georges ONLY (new plots after Georges) W= "Extra" control plots up to hurricane Georges, then after hurricane Georges, Coarse Woody Debris (wood) removal only. PE = Pico del Este area NA= Not apllicable; blocks do not exist at the PE area
El Verde	1	2	F
El Verde	1	3	C
El Verde	1	4	W
El Verde	1	5	T
El Verde	2	1	F
El Verde	2	2	W
El Verde	2	3	T
El Verde	2	4	L
El Verde	2	5	C
El Verde	3	1	T
El Verde	3	2	W
El Verde	3	3	L
El Verde	3	4	C
El Verde	3	5	F
El Verde	4	2	L
El Verde	4	3	C
El Verde	4	5	F
PE	NA	1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12	C
PE	NA	2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11	F