EDITORS

Brokaw, Crowl, Lugo, McDowell, Waide, Willig

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

Managing editors: Lugo and Crowl
Potential contributors: Haines, Melendez, Schaefer, Vogts, Waide

A. Tapestry as a Metaphor for Understanding Biocomplexity of a Tropical Rainforest

B. History of Research at the Luquillo Experimental Forest

C. The Luquillo Experimental Forest and Long Term Ecological Research

D. Summary

CHAPTER 2 - CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW (Top)

Managing editors: Willig and Brokaw
Potential contributors: Brokaw, Crowl, Lugo Waide, Willig

A. Biocomplexity

B. Themes of Structure and Ecological Function

Niche Theory and Energetics
Disturbance and Patch dynamics
Resilience, Resistence and Stability

C. Merging Hierarchies, Gradients and Disturbance

D. Summary

CHAPTER 3 - SETTING (Top)

Managing editors: McDowell and Waide
Potential contributors: Brokaw, Camilo, Crowl, Fetcher, Klawinski, Lodge, Pringle, Scatena, Schaefer, Silver,Thompson, Vogts, Willig, Zimmerman

A. Luquillo Experimental Forest in Geographic Space

B. Regional Perspective

Geology
Climate
Biogeography

C. Local Perspective

Structure

Abiotic

Geology
Geomorphology
Nutrient pools
Environmental Gradients

Elevation
Topography
Microgeography


Habitat
Populations and Community Composition

Decomposers
Primary producers
Consumers
Taxonomic Diversity


Ecological Function

Decomposition
Primary production
Secondary Production
Nutrient cycling


Food webs
Functional Diversity
Invasions and extinctions

D. Summary

Tropical perspective

CHAPTER 4 - DISTURBANCE REGIME (Top)

Managing editors: Waide and Brokaw
Potential contributors: Everham, Foster, Lugo, Scatena, Schaefer Thomlinson, Willig

A. Elements of the Disturbance Regime

B. Frequency, Intensity and Extent

Natural Disturbances
Anthropogenic Disturbances

C. History of Disturbances

D. Geography of the Disturbance Regime

E. Interactions Among Disturbances

F. Summary

CHAPTER 5 - RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE (Top)

Managing editors: Brokaw and Willig
Potential contributors: Covich, Crowl, Everham, Fetcher, Haines, Hall, Johnson, Lodge,
Lugo, McDowell, Schaefer, Sharpe, Schowalter, Thompson, Vogts, Waide, Willig, Wunderle, Zimmerman

A. Structure

Abiotic

Geomorphology
Nutrient pools
Environmental Gradients

Energy

Temperature
Light

Moisture

Habitat
Populations and Community Composition

Decomposers
Primary producers
Consumer
Taxonomic Diversity

B. Ecological Function

Decomposition
Primary production
Secondary production
Nutrient cycling

C. Food web responses

D. Functional Diversity

E. Invasions and Extinctions

F. Summary

Legacies
Synergisms

CHAPTER 6 - GRADIENTS, HIERARCHIES AND ECOLOGICAL SPACE (Top)

Managing editors: Crowl and Willig
Potential contributors: Everham

A. The Hierarchical Patterns of Ecology and Evolution

B. Environmental Gradients

Primary Gradients (e.g., energy, water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus)
Secondary Gradients (e.g., elevation, calcium, soils)

C. Ecological Space and the Fundamental Niche

D. Ecological Space and Geographic Space

E. Linking Geographic and Ecological Space: The Role of Disturbance

F. Biotic Modifications

Intraspecific Interactions
Interspecific Interactions

G. Ecological Space in a Landscape Context

Connectivity
Patches and Fragments

H. Do data fit the model?

Trajectories of response to disturbance

Populations

Palms
Frogs
Bats

Communities and assemblages

Trees
Snails
Shrimp

Decomposition and nutrient cycling

Soils
Stream Chemistry
Shrimp

I. Resilience, Resistence and Stability: Scale Dependent Evaluation

J. Summary

Nonlinearities, Thresholds, Non-additive Effects

CHAPTER 7 - IMPLICATIONS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS (Top)

Managing editors: Lugo, Crowl, McDowell, Brokaw, Waide
Potential contributors: Inclusive of lists above

A. Understanding Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Context of Ecological Space

Press versus Pulse
Redefining "Disturbance Regimes"

Elements of Disturbance
Characteristics of Disturbance

B. Legacies of disturbance

C. Relevance to other tropical forests

D. Management

Applications to management of the Caribbean National Forest
PR as a window into the future of tropical landscapes
Dams as disturbances in tropical streams and rivers
Decoupling space and time in disturbance regimes - implications management
Predictions of how tropical ecosystem types will respond to disturbance
Importance of anthropogenic legacies in devising management strategies

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