Participant

Present Affiliation

Specialty

Years of Tropical Experience

Principal Investigators

J.K. Zimmerman

University of Puerto Rico

Plant ecology

17

A.E. Lugo

Int. Inst. Tropical Forestry, USDA FS

Ecosystem analysis, nutrient cycling

42

D.J. Lodge

Forest Products Lab, USDA FS

Nutrient cycling, fungal systematics

20

N. Brokaw

University of Puerto Rico

Forest ecology

28

Senior Personnel

G. Belovsky

Notre Dame University

Population and ecosystem modeling

2

A. Covich

Colorado State University

Stream ecology

26

T. Crowl

Utah State University

Quantitative analysis, stream ecology

14

E. Cuevas

University of Puerto Rico

Decomposition, belowground processes

25

G. González

Int. Inst. Tropical Forestry, USDA FS

Decomposition, nutrient cycling

8

C. Hall

SUNY-ESF

Modeling, stream ecology

16

P. Klawinski

William Jewell College

Insect ecology

4

W. McDowell

University of New Hampshire

Biogeochemistry

20

C. Pringle

University of Georgia

Stream ecology

15

W. Silver

University of California – Berkeley

Biogeochemistry

21

F. Scatena

Int. Inst. Tropical Forestry, USDA FS

Geomorphology, hydrology

25

J. Thomlinson

University of Puerto Rico

Landscape ecology, GIS

9

R. Waide

University of New Mexico

Avian ecology

31

L. Walker

University of Nevada – Las Vegas

Succession, primary production

18

M. Willig

Texas Tech University

Invertebrate ecology, quantitative analysis

25

X. Zou

University of Puerto Rico

Nutrient dynamics, earthworm ecology

13

Data Manager

E. Meléndez-Colom

University of Puerto Rico

Information management

13

Project Director LFDP

J. Thompson

University of Puerto Rico

Forest ecology

15

Director

El Verde Field Station

A. Ramírez

University of Puerto Rico

Stream ecology, insect systematics

8