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Ahearn, L. 1994. Determining the ecosystem attributes of plant diversity in a subtropical forest, Puerto Rico. M.S Thesis. Yale University.
Alvarez, J. 1991. Effects of treefall gaps on a tropical land snail community. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University.
Alvarez, J. 1997. Patterns of abundance, species richness, habitat use, and morphology in tropical terrestrial molluscs: effects of disturbance and elevation. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas Tech University.
Arnold A.E., 1996. Influence of microenvironment on growth and nutrient dynamics if three herbaceous species in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Basnet, K. 1990. Studies of ecological and geological factors controlling the pattern of tabonuco forest in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Bhatt, M. P. 2005. Evolution of chemical composition along river drainage networks. Ph.D. thesis. University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA.
Beard, K.H. 2001. The ecological roles of a terrestrial frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, in the nutrient cycles of a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico. Ph. D. Dissertation. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. 187 p.
Bednarek, Angela, T. 1996. The interactive effects of substratum and shrimp on insect and algal communities in a tropical montane stream. Master Thesis. University of Louisville, Lousville, KY, 35 p.
Beldini, T. P. 2000. An analysis of internode variations in Sierra palm (Prestoea montana) of the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Masters Thesis. State University of New York, Syracuse, 104 p.
Blanco, J. F. 2005. Physical habitat, disturbances, and the population ecology of the migratory snail Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in streams of Puerto Rico. Ph. D. Dissertation. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 250 p.
Bloch, C. P. 2004. Long-term responses of snail populations and communities to disturbance in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph. D. Dissertation. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Bloomfield, J. 1993. Nutrient dynamics and the influence of substrate quality on the decomposition of leaves and fine roots of selected tree species in a lower montane tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Yale University.
Burns, Jr., C. B. 1991. Mapping and analysis of montane rain forest habitats using LANDSAT TM and elevation data with a Geographic Information System. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Georgia.
Buzby, Karen M. 1998. The effect of disturbance on the ecological efficiency of a small tropical stream. Ph.D Dissertation of the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Calderon, F. 1993. The role of mycorrhizae in the nutrient absorptive strategy of important landslide colonizers. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Cammack, S.E. 1994. Seedling recruitment and growth on hurricane-disturbed plots in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico: the role of abiotic influences in the regeneration niche. M.S. Thesis in Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Cary, J. F. 1992. Habitat selection, home range, and population dynamics of Caracolus caracolla in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University.
Clark J.J. 1996. Effects of land use change on northeastern Puerto Rican rivers. Ph.D. Dissertation, John Hopkins University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.
Crook, K. 2005. A water budget for the Caribbean National Forest with special emphasis on bi-directional riverine connectivity. Masters Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Devoe, N. N. 1989. Differential seeding and regeneration in openings and beneath closed canopy in sub-tropical wet forest. Doctorate of Forestry Thesis. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science.
Dial, R. 1992. A food web for a tropical rain forest: the canopy view from Anolis. Ph.D. Dissertation. Stanford University.
Doherty S.J., 1995. EMERGY evaluations of and limits to forest production. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida.
Everham, E. M., III. 1996. Hurricane damage and recovery: an empirical and simulation study of vegetation dynamics in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Fernandez del Viso, D.S. 1997. Contrasting light environments and response flexibility of trees in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Puerto Rico.
Gannon, M. R. 1991. Foraging ecology, reproductive biology, and systematics of the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum) in the tabonuco rain forest of Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas Tech University.
Garcia, A.R. 1996. Use of GIS for low flow prediction in humid montane regions in eastern Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Connecticut.
Garcia Bermudez, M. A. 1995. The role of elevation and vegetation structure on upland Anolis assemblages in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Garcia-Montiel, D. 1991. The effect of human activity on the structure and composition of a tropical forest in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Garcia-Montiel, D.C. 1996. Changes in nutrient cycling during tropical deforestation. Ph.D. Thesis Colorado State University.
Gonser, R.A. 1996. Phylogeographic variation of the Puerto Rican frog. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany.
González, G. 1996. Earthworm abundance and distribution pattern in two plant communities within a subtropical wet forest of Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR.
González, G. 1999. Soil fauna, microbes and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Colorado at Boulder, CO.
Greathouse, E. 2005. Large dams and migratory biota affect tropical stream ecosystems at different scales in Puerto Rico Dissertation. University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Guariguata, M. R. 1989. Landslide natural disturbance and forest regeneration in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Florida.
Guzmán-Grajales, S. M. 1992. The effect of litter, nutrients, and light on seedling populations in the Luquillo Experimental Forest after Hurricane Hugo. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Header, M.T. 1998. Time series analysis of shrimp densities in a Puerto Rican stream. M.S. Thesis. Utah State University. 32 pages.
Heartshill Scalley, T. 2005. Characterization of Ripian Zone Vegetation and Litter-Fall production in tropical, montane rainforest headwater streams along an environmental gradient. PhD. Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Heyne, C. M. 2000. Soil and vegetation recovery on abandoned paved roads in a humid tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Holwerda, F. 1997. A study of evaporation from lowland and montane tropical rain forest. M.S. Thesis. Vridje Universiteit, Amsterdam.
Johnston, M. H. 1990. Successional change and species/site relationships in a Puerto Rican tropical forest. Ph.D. Dissertation. State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse.
Kent, R. 1996.Seedling survival and colonizing vegetation in wetland plots receiving pig wastes in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Florida. 381 pages.
Kharecha, P. 1997. Energy evaluation of the effects of human activities on Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Florida.
Lasso de Paulis, Eloisa. 2001. Reproductive constraints in an elfin forest bromeliad. University of Puerto Rico. Master Thesis
Lebrón-López, L. 2005. Interactions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with plant pathogens in Coffea arabica. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Leigh, L.S. 1999. The basis for rainforest diversity and biosphere 2. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida. 343 pages.
Li, Y. 1998. Soil carbon dynamics in tropical wet forests in Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Puerto Rico.
Macy, J. 2005. Initial effects of N additions in two rain forest ecosystems of Puerto Rico. M.S. thesis. University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA.
Madden, N. T. 2004. Scaling up: Nitrogen flux at the stream-soil interface in the Rio Icacos, PR. M.S. thesis. University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA.
March, J.G. 2000. The role of freshwater shrimps: patterns and processes along a tropical island stream continuum, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 206 p.
Marley, D.P. 1998. Spatial modeling of climate and photosynthesis in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis of the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Montaña, Adisel. 1998. Physiological ecology of species of secondary in Puerto Rico. M. S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.
O'Connor, Paul J. 1998. Habitat selection in inusular tropical streams: macroinvertebrate responses to a riparian invasion by non-indigenus bamboo. M.S. Thesis, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. 138 pages.
Pedreros-Velázquez, F. 2004. Relationship of Scoletideae, fungi hosts. M.S. thesis. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Petty, W. H. 1993. Seedling growth and mortality of four shade-tolerant canopy tree species in the rain forest of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo. M.S. Thesis. University of Tennessee.
Powell, E. 1996. Regeneration of understory shrubs in the Luquillo
Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia.
Quiñones Orfila, V. 1997. Estimates of leaf area index from physical parameters and remote sensing data over the Luquillo Experimental Forest. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Reed, Angela M. 1998. Scale-dependent influences of riparian processes on the dominant detritivore of a headwater stream in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. 107 pages.
Rivera, H.D. 1999. Peak flow analysis and recession curve analysis for watersheds in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Connecticut.
Rodríquez Pedraza, C. D. 1993. Efectos del huracan Hugo sobre plantaciones y bosques secundarios pareados en el Bosque Experimental de Luquillo, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico.
Sánchez De León, Y. 2001. Patterns and mechanisms of changes in earthworm diversity in old tropical pastures. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.
Sandlin, E. A. 1989. Foraging ecology of a Neotropical folivore, Lamponius portoricensis Rehn (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University.
Santana, M. E. 2002. Factors influencing early-stage leaf litter decomposition in a tropical forest with emphasis on the role of fungal-plant interactions. Master's Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras.
Santos-Román, D.M. 1999. Multivariate analysis of water quality and physical characteristics of selected watersheds in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Connecticut. 250 pages.
Schmit, J. P. 1999. Competition and species diversity of unit-restricted macrofungal decomposers. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Chicago, IL.
Secrest, M.F. 1995. The impact of Hurricane Hugo on two common tree snails: A long-term study. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Shiels, A. B. 2002. Bird perches and soil amendments as revegetation techniques for landslides in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Silver, W. L. 1992. The effects of small-scale and catastrophic disturbances on carbon and nutrient cycling in a lower montane subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Yale University.
Simmons, N. 1990. Endomycorrhizal innoculum on landslides at El Verde. Masters Project. Yale University.
Wang H.Q. 2001. Dynamic modeling of spatial and temporal variations of forest carbon and nitrogen inventories, including their responses to hurricane disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse N.Y.
Wen, Shiyun. 2003. Physiological flexibility of tropical tree species ontogenetic regulation. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
Whitehill, J. 1993. The aroids of Luquillo forest and their temperature cycles during flowering. Masters Project. Yale University.
Wickel, A. J. 1997. Rainfall interception modelling for two tropical forest types in the Luquillo Experiment Forest, Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. Vridje Universiteit, Amsterdam.
Wooster, K. M. 1989. A geographically-based microclimatological computer model for mountainous terrain with application to the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico. M.S. Thesis. State University of New York, Syracuse.
Wu, W. 2005. Spatial Modeling of the Probability of Cloud Cover, Evapotranspiration and Stream Flow in North-Eastern Puerto Rico. Ph. D. dissertation, Syracuse, New York.
You, C. 1991. Population dynamics of Manilkara bidentata (A.DC.) Cher. in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Tennessee.
Zalamea-Bustillo, M. 2005. Soil, biota, nutrients, and organic matter dynamics under decomposing wood. M.A. Thesis. University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
Zarin, D. 1993. Nutrient accumulation during succession in subtropical lower montane wet forests, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Pennsylvania.
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