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A (Ackerman , Adair , Adl , Ahmad , Aide , Aitkenhead , Allan, Alvarez , Andelman, Angulo-Sandoval , Asbury )
B (Barlow , Baroni , Basnet , Bayman , Beard , Beaulieu , Bednarek , Beldini , Belovsky , Bergman , Bhatt , Blanco , Bloch , Bloomfield , Blundell , Bobeldyk , Boose , Botosaneanu , Boulton , Bowden, Boyero , Brokaw , Brown , Burgin , Burns , Buss )
C ( Calderon , Callaham , Callaway , Camilo , Cammack , Canham , Cantrell , Cao , Castro-Arellano , Cary , Chacon , Chambers , Chalcraft , Chave , Chinea , Chesnut , Chong , Christian , Civco , Clark , Cleveland , Cohen , Comita , Condit , Conlisk , Covich , Cox , Cranston , Cross , Crowder , Crowl , Cuevas , Currie , Cusack )
D ( DeAngelis , de Castro , Dale , Dallmeier , Dechaine , Delaney , Dial , Diaz , Dodds , Dodson , Doherty , Drew , de Jesus-Crespo , del Moral , Dubinsky )
E (Eklund , Erickson, Estrada-Ruíz , Everham )
F ( Fernández , Fernández-Marín, Fetcher , Ferrington , Findlay , Flint , Fonte , Foster , Frangi , Franklin , Frizano , Fu )
G ( Galletti , Gannon , García-Martinó , García-Montiel , Garrison , Gelhaus , Ginghold , Glenn , Gonser , González , Goodrich , Gorresen , Gould , Grace , Grau , Greathouse , Groffman , Gross ,Guariguata , Guzmán , Guzmán-Grajales)
H ( Hall , Halleck , Hamilton , Han , Hansen , Harmon , Harris , Heartsill-Scalley , Helmer, Hendrix , Heneghan , Hobbs , Holwerda , Hooper , Hou , Huang , Huhndorf )
I ( Irons )
J ( Jaffe , Johnson , Johnston , Jones )
K ( Kaufman , Kaye , Keefer , Keller , Kent , Kilham , Kress )
L ( Lachnicht , Laessøe , Lake , Larsen , Laurance , Lawrence , Lewis , Li , Lilleskov , Liptzin , Liu , Lodge , Lopez del Mar , Lopez-Rogriguez , Losos , Lugo , Lyons )
M ( Malmqvist , March , Marin-Spiotta , Martinelli , Masteller , Matson , McDowell , McGroddy , McMahan , McSwiney , Meddens , Mehltreter , Meléndez-Ackerman , Meléndez-Colom , Merriam, Migenis , Miller , Milne , Mittelbach , Mount , Mueller , Muller-Landau , Mulholland , Murphy , Myster )
N ( Nakasone )
O ( O' Connor , O'Dell , Odum , Ogle , Olander , Opell , Ortiz-Zayas , Ostertag )
P ( Palmer , Parrotta , Parton , Pascarella , Pardieck , Parmesan , Pegler , Peretyazhko , Pescador , Peters , Peterson , Pett-Ridge , Pfeiffer , Poldmaa , Polishook , Post, Potter , Prach , Presley , Pringle, Popper , Publicover , Pyron )
R ( Ramirez , Rainey , Reagan , Restrepo , Reyes , Rice , Richardson , Richardson-M.J. , Ricklefs , Rivera-Ramírez, Robinson , Rodríguez , Rogers , Roman , Rosenberg , Ruan )
S ( Samuels , Sánchez , Sandlin , Sanford , Santana , Santos-Román , Sastre-De Jesús , Scatena , Schaefer , Schall , Scheiner , Schellekens , Schmit , Schowalter , Schulz , Secrest , Shanley , Sharpe , Shiels , Silander , Silver , Simon , Sites , Sloan , Smith , Soil Survey Staff , Spooner , Stegen , Stephenson , Steudler , Stevens , Stewart ,Sullivan , Swanson , Swenson )
T ( Taylor , Teh , Templer , Thomas , Thomlinson , Thompson , Thorn , Torres , Tremblay , Triska , Trumbore)
U (Uriarte)
V (Van Bloem , Van
Den Bussche ,Van Der Molen , Vogt , von Fischer )
W ( Wagner , Waide , Walker ,Wang , Wantzen , Warren , Watt , Webster , Wenger , Wei Wu , Wen , Whigham , White , Willig , Wills , Wisley , Wolter , Woolbright , Wright , Wu , Wunderle)
Y (Yackulic , Yang , Yee , Yiging , You )
Z (Zack , Zalamea , Zarin , Zhang , Zimmerman , Zou)
Ackerman, J.D., L.R. Walker, F.N. Scatena, and J. Wunderle. 1991. Ecological effects of hurricanes. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 72:178-189 . (Abstract)
Adair, E. C. W. J. P., S.J. DelGrosso, W.L. Silver, S.A. Hall, M.E. Harmon, and S.C. Hart. 2008. Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in divers climates. Global Change Biology. (Abstract)
Adl, S. M., B.S. Leander, A.G.B. Simpson, J.M. Archibald, O.R. Anderson, D. Bass, S.S. Bowser, G. Brugerolle, M.A. Farmer, S. Karpov, M. Kolisko, C.E. Lane, D.J. Lodge, D.G. Mann, R. Meisterfeld, L. Mendoza, O. Moestrup, S.E. Mozley-Standridge, A.V. Smirnov, and F. Spiegel. 2007. Diversity, nomenclature and taxonomy of protists. Systematic Biology 56:1-6. (Abstract)
Ahmad, R., F.N. Scatena, and A. Gupta. 1993. Morphology and sedimentation in Caribbean montane streams: examples from Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Sedimentary Geology 85:157-169. (Abstract)
Aide, T.M., J.K. Zimmerman, M. Rosario, and H. Marcano. 1996. Forest recovery in abandoned cattle pastures along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico. Biotropica 28:537-548. (Abstract)
Aide, T.M., J.K. Zimmerman, J. Pascarella, L. Rivera, and H. Marcano-Vega. 2000. Forest regeneration in a chronosequence of tropical abandoned pastures: implications for restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 8:328-338. (Abstract)
Aitkenhead, J.A. and W.H. Mc Dowell. 2000. Soil C:N ratio as a predictor of annual riverine DOC flux at local and global scales. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14:127-138. (Abstract)
Allan, J., D. Baumgardner, G.B. Raga, O.L. Mayol-Bracero, F. Morales, F. García, G. Montero-Martínez, S. Borrmann, J. Schneider, S. Mertes, S. Walter, M. Gysel, U. Dusek, G. Frank, and M. Kraemer. 2008. Clouds and aerosols in Puerto Rico-a new evaluation. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8:1293-1309. (Abstract)
Alvarez, J. 1991. Effects of tree fall gaps on a tropical land snail community. M.S. Thesis. Texas Tech University. (Abstract)
Alvarez, J. and M.R. Willig. 1993. Effects of treefall gaps on the density of land snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:100-110. (Abstract)
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. (Abstract)
Andelman, S.J. and M.R. Willig. 2003. Issues of scale in biodiversity. Pages 1-16 in G. McKay, editor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Andelman, S.J., and M.R. Willig. 2004. Networks by design: A revolution in ecology. Science:1565-1567. (Abstract)
Angulo-Sandoval, P. and T.M. Aide. 2000. Effect of plant density and light availability on leaf damage in Manilkara bidentata (Sapotaceae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 16:447-464 (Abstract)
Angulo-Sandoval, P., and T.M. Aide. 2000. Leaf phenology and leaf damage of saplings in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 32:415-422. (Abstract)
Angulo-Sandoval, P., H. Fernandez-Marin, J.K. Zimmerman, T.M. Aide. 2004.Changes in patterns of understory leaf phenology and herbivory following hurricane damage Biotropica 36: 60-67 March 2004. (Abstract)
Asbury, C.E., W.H. McDowell, R. Trinidad-Pizarro, and S. Berrios. 1994. Solute deposition from cloud water to the canopy of a Puerto Rican montane forest. Atmospheric Environment 28:1773-1780. (Abstract)
Barlow, K.E., N.Vaughan, K.E. Jones, A. Rodríguez-Durán, and M.R Gannon.2000. Are bats which pollinate and disperse forest plants particularly sensitive to disturbance? A case study on the effects of Hurricane Georges on bats of Puerto Rico. Bulletin British Ecological Society. 31:36-37.
Baroni, T.J. and D.J. Lodge. 1998. Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles I: new species and new records of Alboleptonia from Puerto Rico and St. John, USVI. Mycologia 90:680-696.
Baroni, T.J., and S.A. Cantrell. 2007. The macrofungi of Hispaniola: Elusive, Beautiful, and awaiting discovery. in E. Fernández, editor. Hispaniola. A photographic journey through island biodiversity. Harvard University Press.
Baroni, T.J., D.J. Lodge, and S.A. Cantrell. 1997. Tropical connections: sister species and species in common between the Caribbean and the easter United States. Mcllvainea 13:4-19. (Abstract)
Baroni, T.J., R. Vilgalys, D.J. Lodge, and N.V. Legon. 1999. Calocybe cyanea - a rare and beatiful agaric is discovered in Puerto Rico-. The Mycologist 13:7-10. (Abstract)
Baroni, T.J., S.A. Cantrell, O.P. Perdomo-Sánchez, and D.J. Lodge. 2008. New species of Pouzarella (Entolomataceae, Agaricales) from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. North American Fungi 3:241-260.
Baroni, T.J., A.E. Franco-Molano, D.J. Lodge, D.L. Lindner, E. Horak, and V. Hofstetter. 2007. Arthromyces and Blastosporella, two new genera of conidia-producing lyophylloid agarics (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from the neotropics. Mycological Research 111:572-580. (Abstract)
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.
Basnet, K. 1992. Effect of topography on the pattern of trees in tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) dominated rain forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 24:31-42 (Abstract)
Basnet, K. 1992. An experimental study of the slope stability of the rain forest in Puerto Rico. Tropical Ecology 33:181-185. (Abstract)
Basnet, K. 1993. Controls of environmental factors on pattern of montane rain forest in Puerto Rico. Tropical Ecology 34:51-63.(Abstract)
Basnet, K., G.E. Likens, F.N. Scatena, and A.E. Lugo. 1991. Hurricane Hugo: damage to a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8:47-55. (Abstract)
Basnet, K., F.N. Scatena, G.E. Likens, and A.E. Lugo. 1992. Ecological consequences of root grafting in tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) trees in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:28-35. (Abstract)
Bayman, P., L. Lebrón, R.L. Tremblay, and D.J. Lodge. 1997. Variation in endophytic fungi from roots and leaves of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae). New Phytologist 135:143-149. (Abstract)
Bayman, P., P. Angulo-Sandoval, Z. Baéz-Ortiz, and D.J. Lodge. 1998. Distribution and dispersal of Xylaria endophytes in two tree species in Puerto Rico. Mycological Research 102:944-948. (Abstract)
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.
Beard, K. H., K.A. Vogt, and A. Kulmatiski. 2002. Top-down effects of a terrestrial frog on nutrient concentrations in a subtropical forest Oecologia 133: 583-593. (Abstract)
Beard, K.H., S. McCullough, and A. Eschtruth. 2003. A quantitative assessment of habitat preferences for the Puerto Rican terrestrial frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Journal of Herpetology 37:10-17. (Abstract)
Beard, K.H., A.K. Eschtruth, K.A. Vogt, D.J. Vogt, and F.N. Scatena. 2003. The effects of the frog Eleutherodactylus coqui on invertebrates and ecosystem processes at two scales in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19:607-617. (Abstract)
Beard, K.H., A. Eschtruth, K.A. Vogt, D.J. Vogt, and F.N. Scatena. In press. Amphibian effects on its prey and ecosystem: Evidence from two spatial scales. Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Beard, K.H., K.A. Vogt, D.J.Vogt, F.N. Scatena, A.P. Covich, R. Sigurdardottir, T. G. Siccama, and T. A. Crowl. 2005. Structural and functional responses of a subtropical forest to 10 years of hurricanes and droughts. Ecological Monographs 75:345-361. (Abstract)
Beaulieu, J. J., J.L. Tank, S.K. Hamilton, W.M. Wollheim, R.O. Hall Jr, P.J. Mulholland, B.J. Peterson, L.R. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, C.N. Dahm, W.K. Dodds, N.B Grimm, S.L. Johnson, W.H. McDowell, G.C. Poole, H.M. Valett, C.P. Arango, M.J. Bernot, L.T. Johnson, J.M. O’Brien, J.D. Potter, R.W. Sheibley, D.J. Sobota, and S.M. Thomas. In press. Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks. PNAS.
Bednarek, A. T. 1996. The interactive effects of substratum and shrimp on insect and algal communities in a tropical montane stream. M.S. Thesis. University of Louisville, Lousville, KY.
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.
Belovsky, G. E., D. B. Botkin, T. A. Crowl, K. W. Cummins, J. F. Franklin, M. L. H. Jr., A.Joern, D. B. Lindenmayer, J. A. Macmahon, C. R. Margules, and J. M. Scott. 2004. Ten Suggestions to Strengthen the Science of Ecology: Roundtable. BioScience 54:345-351. (Abstract)
Bergman, E., J.D. Ackerman, J. Thompson, and J.K. Zimmerman. 2006. Land use history affects the distribution of the saprophytic orchid Wullschlaegelia calcarata in Puerto Rico's Tabonuco forest. Biotropica 38:492-499.
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, C.M. Pringle, and F.N. Scatena. 1999. Effects of a low-head dam and water abstraction on migratory tropical stream biota. Ecological Applications 9(2):656-668. (Abstract)
Benstead, J.P., J.G. March, and C.M. Pringle. 2000. Estuarine larval development and upstream postlarval migration of freshwater shrimps in two tropical rivers, Puerto Rico. Biotropica.32(3):545-548. (Abstract)
Benstead, J.P, W.F. Cross, J.G. March, W.H. McDowell, A. Ramírez, A. Covich. 2010. Biotic and abiotic controls on ecosystem significance of consumer excretion in two contrasting tropical streams. Freshwater Biology. 55: 2047-2061.
Bhatt, M.P., and W.H. McDowell. 2007. Controls on major solutes within the drainage network of a rapidly weathering tropical watershed. Water Resources Research 43:doi:10.1029/2007WR005915. (Abstract)
Bhatt, M.P. 2005. Evolution of chemical composition along river drainage networks. Ph.D. thesis. University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA. (Abstract)
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. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
Blanco, J.F. 2006. Fauna nativa migratoria en los ríos de Puerto Rico. in T.M.L. y. N. Villanueva, editor. Atlas ambiental de Puerto Rico. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Blanco, J.F. In press. Banana crop expansion and increased river-borne exports to the Uraba Gulf (Caribbean Coast of Colombia). Ambio.
Blanco, J.F., and F.N. Scatena. 2005. Floods, Habitat Hydraulics and Upstream Migration of Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) in Northeastern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 41:55-74. (Abstract)
Blanco, J.F., and F.N. Scatena. 2006. Hierarchical contribution of river-ocean connectivity, water chemistry, hydraulics, and substrate to the distribution of diadromous snails in Puerto Rican streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:82-98. (Abstract)
Blanco, J.F., and F.N. Scatena. 2006. The distribution of a diadromous gastropod in Puerto Rico streams: hierarchical contribution of river-ocean connectivity, water chemistry, hydraulics and substrate. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, special section on tropical streams 25:82-98.
Blanco, J.F., and F.N. Scatena. 2006. The spatial arrangement of neritina virginea (gastropoda: neritidae) during upstream migration in a split-channel reach. River Research and Applications 22:1-11. (Abstract)
Blanco, J. F., and J. Ortiz-Zayas. 2007. The influence of teleconnections on rainfall variability in southwestern Puerto Rico. Pages 55-61 in Proceedings of V FRIEND World Conference. Havana, Cuba. Selected presentations on Latin America and the Caribbean. UNESCO-International Hydrological Program VI Technical Document IHP-LAC No. 11. (Abstract)
Blanco, J. F., and A. Arroyave. 2009. Danos por depredacion y tamano de concha del caracol diadromo Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) en el Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico. Rev. Biol. Trop. 57:1069-1080. (Abstract)
Blanco, J.F., A. Ramírez, & F.N. Scatena. 2009. The streams of Gorgona Natural National Park within the global context: An introduction to the special issue. Actualidades Biologicas 31 (91): 105-110.
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. (Abstract)
Bloch, C.P., and L. Weiss. 2002. Distribution and abundance of the whipspider Phrynus longipes (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico: response to natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Caribbean Journal of Science 38:260-262.
Bloch, C.P., and M.R. Willig. 2006. Context-dependence of long-term responses of terrestrial gastropod populations to large-scale disturbance. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:111-122 (Abstract)
Bloch, C. P., and M.R. Willig. 2009. Effects of competition on size and growth rates of Caracolus caracolla (L.) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:133-138. (Abstract)
Bloch, C.P., C.L. Higgins, and M.R. Willig. 2007. Effects of large-scale disturbance on metacommunity structure of terrestrial gastropods: temporal trends in nestedness. Oikos 116:395-406. (Abstract)
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.
Bloomfield, J., K.A. Vogt, and D.J. Vogt. 1993. Decay rate and substrate quality of fine roots and foliage of two tropical tree species in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Plant and Soil 150:233-245. (Abstract)
Bloomfield, J., K.A. Vogt, and P. Wargo. 1996. Tree root turnover and senescence. Pages 363-381 in Y. Wiasel, A. Eshel, and U. Kafkafi, editors. Plant roots: the hidden half. Second Edition. Marcel Dekker Inc. New York.
Blundell A.G., Scatena F.N., Wetsel R., Sommers W. 2003. Ecorisk assesment using indicators of sustainability: Invasive species in the Caribbean National forest of Puerto Rico. Journal of Forestry Vol 101, Number 1: 14-19. (Abstract)
Bobeldyk, A., and A. Ramírez. 2007. Leaf breakdown in a tropical headwater stream (Puerto Rico): The role of freshwater shrimps and detritivorous insects. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:581-590. (Abstract)
Bobeldyk, A., and A. Ramírez. In press. Redundancy between shrimps and invertebrates in leaf litter decomposition. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.
Boose, E.R., D.R. Foster, and M. Fluet. 1994. Hurricane impacts to tropical and temperate forest landscapes. Ecological Monographs 64:369-400. (Abstract)
Boose, E.R., K.E. Chamberlin, and D.R. Foster. 1997. Reconstructing historical hurricanes. Pages 389-399 in Preprints of the 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.
Botosaneanu, L.and O.S. Flint, Jr. 1991. Contribution to the study of the genus Helicopsyche (Trichoptera) from Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum 12:197-220. (Abstract)
Boulton, A.J., L. Boyero, A.P. Covich, M. Dobson, S. Lake, and R. Pearson. 2007. Are tropical streams ecologically different from temperate streams? Chapter 8. in D. D. a. C. Cressa, editor. Tropical stream ecology. Academic Press, San Diego. (Abstract)
Bowden, W.B., W.H. McDowell, C.E. Asbury, and A.M. Finley. 1992. Riparian nitrogen dynamics in two geomorphologically distinct tropical rain forest watersheds: nitrous oxide fluxes. Biogeochemistry 18:77-99. (Abstract)
Boyero, L., A. Ramírez, D. Dudgeon, & R.G. Pearson. 2009. Are tropical streams really different? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28(2): 397-403.
Boyero, L., R. G. Pearson, D. Dudgeon, M. A. S. Graca, M. O. Gessner, R. J. Albarino, V. Ferreira, C. M. Yule, A. J. Boulton, M. Arunachalam, M. Callisto, E. Chauvet, A. Ramirez, J. Chara, M. S. Moretti, J. F. Goncalves, J. E. Helson, A. M. Chara-Serna, A. C. Encalada, J. N. Davies, S. Lamothe, A. Cornejo, A. O. Y. Li, L. M. Buria, V. D. Villanueva, M. C. Zuniga, and C. M. Pringle. 2011. Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns. Ecology 92:1839-1848. (Abstract)
Boyero, L.; R.G.,Pearson; M.O.,Gessner; L.A.,Barmuta; V.,Ferreira; M.A.S.,Graça; D.,Dudgeon; A.J.,Boulton; M.,Callisto; E.,Chauvet; J.E.,Helson; A.,Bruder; R.J.,Albarin; C.M.,Yule; M.,Arunachalam; J.N.,Davies; R.,Figueroa; A.S.,Flecker; A.,Ramirez; R.G.,Death; T.,Iwata; J.M.,Mathooko; C.,Mathuriau; J.F.,Gonçalvesjr.; M.S.,Moretti; T.,Jinggut; S.,Lamothe; C.,M'erimba; L.,Ratnarajah; M.H.,Schindler; J.,Castela; L.M.,Buria; A.,Cornejo; V.D.,Villanueva; D.C.,West. 2011. A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration. Ecology Letters 14:289-29. (Abstract)
Boyero, L.; R.G. Pearson; D. Dudgeon; V. Ferreira; M.A. Graça; M.O. Gessner; A.J. Boulton; E. Chauvet; C.M. Yule; R.J. Albariño; A. Ramírez; J.E. Helson; M. Callisto; M. Arunachalam; J. Chará; R. Figueroa; J.M. Mathooko; J.F. Gonçalves; M.S. Moretti; A.M. Chará-Serna; J.N. Davies; A. Encalada; S. Lamothe; L.M. Buria; J. Castela; A. Cornejo; A.O. Li; C. M’Erimba; V. Díaz; M. del Carmen Zúñiga; C.M. Swan; L.A. Barmuta. 2011. Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00673.x (Abstract)
Brokaw, N.V.L. 1998. Cecropia schreberiana in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. The Botanical Review 64:91-120. (Abstract)
Brokaw, N.V.L. and J.S. Grear. 1991. Forest structure before and after Hurricane Hugo at three elevations in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 23:386-392. (Abstract)
Brokaw, N.V.L. and L.R. Walker. 1991. The effects of Caribbean hurricanes on vegetation. Biotropica 23:442-447. (Abstract)
Brokaw, N.V.L. and R.A. Lent. 1997. Vertical structure. Pages 373-399 in M.L. Hunter, Jr. editors. Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Brokaw, N., and R.T. Busing. 2000. Niche versus chance and tree diversity in forest gaps. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:183-188.
Brokaw, N.V.L., and J. Thompson. 2000. The H for DBH. Forest Ecology and Management 129:89-91.
Brokaw, N., S. Fraver, J.S. Grear, J. Thompson, J.K. Zimmerman, R. B. Waide, E. M. E. III, S. P. Hubbell, R. Condit, and R. B. Foster. 2004. Disturbance and canopy structure in two tropical forests. Pages 177-194 in E. Losos and J.E.G. Leigh, editors. Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Results from a Long-Term Tropical Forest Network. The University of Chicago Press.
Brown, S. and A.E. Lugo. 1990. Effects of forest clearing and succession on the carbon and nitrogen content of soils in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Plant and Soil 124:53-64. (Abstract)
Brown, S. and A.E. Lugo. 1999. Tropical secondary forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6:1-32. (Abstract)
Brown, E.T., R.F. Stallard, M.C. Larsen, G.M. Raiseck, and F. Yiou. 1995. Denudation rates determined from the accumulation of in situ produced 10Be in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 129:193-202. (Abstract)
Brown, E.T., R.F. Stallard, M.C. Larsen, D.L. Bour, G.M. Raiseck, and F. Yiou. 1998. Pre-anthropogenic denudation rates of a perturbed watershed (Cayaguas River, Puerto Rico) estimated from in situ produced 10Be in river borne quartz. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 160:723-728.
Burgin, A. J., W. H. Yang, S. K. Hamilton, and W. L. Silver. 2011. Beyond C and N: How the microbial energy economy couples elemental cycles in diverse ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 44-52.
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.
Buss, H.L., P.B. Sak, S.M. Webb, and S.L. Brantley. 2008. Weathering of the Rio Blanco quartz diorite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Coupling oxidation, dissolution, and fracturing. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 72:4488-4507. (Abstract)
Buss, H.L., R. Mathur, A.F. White, and S.L. Brantley. 2009. Iron and phosphorus cycling in deep saprolite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Chem. Geol. Doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.08.001. (Abstract)
( Calderon , Callaham , Callaway , Camilo , Cammack , Canham , Cantrell , Cao , Castro-Arellano , Cary , Chacon , Chambers , Chalcraft , Chave , Chinea , Chesnut , Chong , Christian , Civco , Clark , Cohen , Comita , Condit , Conlisk , Covich , Cox , Cranston , Cross , Crowder , Crowl , Cuevas , Currie , Cusack )
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Zimmerman, J. K., L. Comita, M. Uriarte, N. Brokaw, and J. Thompson. 2010. Patch dynamics and community metastability of a tropical forest: Compound effects of natural disturbance and human land use. Landscape Ecology 25:1099-1111.
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Zou, X. and G. Gonzalez. 2001. Earthworms in tropical tree plantations.Pages 283-293 in M.V Reddy, editor. Tropical plantation forests and their soil litter system-Litter, biota and soil nutrient dynamics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. (Abstract)
Zou, X., D. Binkley, and B.A. Caldwell. 1995. Effects of dinitrogen-fixing trees on phosphorus biogeochemical cycling in contrasting forests. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59(5):1452-1458. (Abstract)
Zou, X., C. Zucca, R.B. Waide, and W.H. McDowell. 1995. Long-term influence of deforestation on tree species composition and litter dynamics of a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 78:147-157.(Abstract)
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(Juan Felipe's upstream migration picture)