International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF)
                           USDA Forest Service
                             P.O. Box 25000
                         Río Piedras, PR 00928-5000
                               Tel. 766-5335

Data and documentation is copyrighted by Luquillo Experimental Forest  LTER (LUQ LTER) project of the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES) at the University of Puerto Rico and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, and ownership remains with the LUQ LTER.

Licence
The LUQ LTER grants you (hereafter, Licensee) a license to use the data and documentation for academic, and research purposes only, without a fee.

Licensee may make derivative works. However, if Licensee distributes any derivative work based on or derived from the data
and documentation, then Licensee will

   1. notify the LUQ LTER designated contact (typically the investigator who collected the data) regarding its distribution of
     the derivative work, and
   2. clearly notify users that such derivative work is a modified version and not the original data and documentation
     distributed by the LUQ LTER, and
   3. acknowledge the support of NSF Grants DEB-9411973 in any publications using the data and documentation, and
   4. send to the address, above, two reprints of any publications resulting from use of the data and documentation.

Any Licensee wishing to make commercial use of the data and documentation should contact the LUQ LTER, c/o ITES, to
negotiate an appropriate license for such commercial use. Commercial use includes

   1.integration of all or part of the data and documentation into a product for sale or license by or on behalf of Licensee to
     third parties, or
   2.distribution of the data or documentation to third parties that need it to utilize a commercial product sold or licensed by
     or on behalf of Licensee.

Disclaimer
LUQ LTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THIS DATA AND
DOCUMENTATION FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTY. THE LUQ LTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY THE USERS OF
THIS DATA AND DOCUMENTATION.

By using or copying this data and documentation, Licensee agrees to abide by the copyright law and all other applicable laws
of the U.S. including, but not limited to, export control laws, and the terms of this license. LUQ LTER shall have the right to terminate this license immediately by written notice upon Licensee's breach of, or non-compliance with, any of its terms. Licensee may be held legally responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by Licensee's failure to abide by the terms of this license.