Ariel Lugo, PhD

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Ecologist Director

International Institute of Tropical Forestry

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Ariel Lugo, Oscar J. Abelleira Martínez. 2025. Soil Chemistry Modulates the Stoichiometry of Puerto Rican Novel Forests Dominated by Spathodea campanulata on Alluvial and Karst Substrates
Morgan Grove, Steward Pickett, Christopher G. Boone, Geoffrey L. Buckley, Pippin Anderson, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Ariel Lugo, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Harini Nagendra, L. Kidany. Selles. 2024. Forging just ecologies: 25 years of urban long-term ecological research collaboration
Niki Frantzeskaki, Daniel L. Childers, Steward Pickett, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Pippin Anderson, Aliyu Barau, Joshua Ginsberg, Morgan Grove, Marleen Lodder, Ariel Lugo, Timon McPhearson, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Mien Quartier, Selina Schepers, Ayyoob Sharifi, Katrien van de Sijpe. 2024. A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities
Ariel Lugo, Coralys Vicénz López, Juan Restituyo. 2023. Albizia procera IN THE CITY
Ariel Lugo, A. Kurta, A. Rodriguez Durán. 2023. Climate, people, and vegetation of the West Indies
Ariel Lugo, Mary Jean Sanchez, Luz S. Betancourt, Olga Ramos, Ivan Vicens. 2023. A Stoichiometric Comparison of Primary and Secondary Forest Stands on Acid Soils
Ariel Lugo, Neftali Rios. 2022. Acta Cientifica: Edicion Especial. Frank Howard Wadsworth(1915-2022): un tributo al cientifico, mentor, y amigo.
Neftalí Ríos, Amelia Merced, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Ariel Lugo. 2022. Acta CientíficaUna Revista Interdisciplinaria de Puerto Rico y el Caribe
Neftali Rios, Amelia Merced, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Ariel Lugo. 2022. Acta Científica. Edición Especial. Más allá de la resiliencia: Los efectos de los huracanes Irma y María en Puerto Rico y el Caribe.
Ariel Lugo, James Smith, Kevin M. Potter, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Cassandra Kurtz. 2022. The contribution of nonnative tree species to the structure and composition of forests in the conterminous United States in comparison with tropical islands in the Pacific and Caribbean
Jess K. Zimmerman, Tana E. Wood, Grizelle Gonzalez, Alonso Ramirez, Whendee L. Silver, Maria Uriarte, Michael R. Willig, Robert B. Waide, Ariel Lugo. 2021. Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Ariel Lugo. 2021. Regional Summaries: Southeast and Caribbean
Robert L. Spicer, Ariel Lugo, Nathan Ruhl. 2020. Landform type mediates compositional change in a hurricane-disturbed sub-tropical forest
Ariel Lugo. 2020. Effects of Extreme Disturbance Events: From Ecesis to Social–Ecological–Technological Systems
Ariel Lugo, Oscar J. A. Martínez, Ernesto Medina, Gerardo Aymard, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2020. Novelty in the tropical forests of the 21st century
Ariel Lugo. 2019. The Hurricanes of 2017: Pre-María and Immediate Social and Technological Effects
Ariel Lugo, Ernesto Medina, Elvira Cuevas, Olga Ramos. 2019. Ecological and physiological aspects of Caribbean shrublands
Ariel Lugo. 2019. Acta Científica 31(1-3)
Grizelle Gonzalez, Ariel Lugo. 2019. Concluding Remarks: Moving Forward on Scientific Knowledge and Management Approaches to Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene Epoch
M. R. Willig, L. Woolbright, S. J. Presley, T. D. Schowalter, R. B. Waide, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, J. K. Zimmerman, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ariel Lugo. 2019. Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Ariel Lugo, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2019. Introduction to the Special Issue on Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology in the Anthropocene
Ariel Lugo. 2018. Characterization of ten extreme disturbance events in the context of social and ecological systems
Sebastián Martinuzzi, Olga Ramos, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Dexter H. Locke, Ariel Lugo, Volker C. Radeloff. 2018. Vegetation cover in relation to socioeconomic factors in a tropical city assessed from sub-meter resolution imagery
Ariel Lugo, Kristin. M. Winchell, Tomás. A. Carlo. 2018. Novelty in Ecosystems
Ariel Lugo, Oscar L. Abelleira Martínez. 2018. Stoichiometry of decomposing Spathodea campanulata leaves in novel puertorrican forests
Ariel Lugo, Carlos Rodriguez, Ian Fermont, Ivan Vicens. 2018. Response to Hurricanes of Pinus caribaea var hondurensis Plantations in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2017. The scientific legacy of Juan A. Torres-Negrón
Jéssica Fonseca da Silva, Ernesto Medina, Ariel Lugo. 2017. Traits and Resource Use of Co-Occurring Introduced and Native Trees in a Tropical Novel Forest
Ariel Lugo, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2017. Sandra Brown (1944–2017): A Distinguished Tropical Ecologist
Ernesto Medina, Elvira Cuevas, Ariel Lugo. 2017. Substrate Chemistry and Rainfall Regime Regulate Elemental Composition of Tree Leaves in Karst Forests
Ariel Lugo, Heather Erickson. 2017. Novelty and its ecological implications to dry forest functioning and conservation
Sandra Brown, Ariel Lugo. 2017. Trailblazing the Carbon Cycle of Tropical Forests from Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, B. Santiago. 2016. Acta Cientifica. Special 30th Anniversary Edition. Vol. 30(1-3): 329 p
Ariel Lugo, J.L. Frangi. 2016. Long-term response of Caribbean palm forests to hurricanes
Ariel Lugo. 2015. Acta Científica Vol. 29 (1-3)
Ariel Lugo, J. Rullan. 2015. The conservation message of the rehabilitated facilities of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Ariel Lugo, J. Rullan. 2015. El mensaje de conservacion de las instalaciones restauradas del Instituto Internacional de Dasonomia Tropical
Ariel Lugo. 2015. Forestry in the Anthropocene
Sebastian Martinuzzi, Gregorio I. Gavier-Pizarro, Ariel Lugo, Volker C. Radeloff. 2015. Future Land-Use Changes and the Potential for Novelty in Ecosystems of the United States
Mary J. Sanchez, Edwin Lopez, Ariel Lugo. 2015. Chemical and physical analyses of selected plants and soils from Puerto Rico (1981-2000)
Ariel Lugo, Ernesto Medina, Kathleen McGinley. 2014. Issues and challenges of mangrove conservation in the Anthropocene - Desafios de la conservacion del mangle en el Antropoceno
Richard J. Hobbs, Eric Higgs, Carol M. Hall, Peter Bridgewater, F. Stuart Chapin III, Erle C. Ellis, John J. Ewel, Lauren M. Hallet, James Harris, Kristen B. Hulvey, Stephen T. Jackson, Patricia L. Kennedy, Christoph Kueffer, Lori Lach, Trevor C. Lantz, Ariel Lugo, Joseph Mascaro, Stephen D. Murphy, Cara R. Nelson, Michael P. Perring, David M. Richardson, Timothy R. Seastedt, Rachel Standish, Brian M. Starzomski, Katherine N. Suding, Pedro M. Tognetti, Laith Yakob, Laurie Yung. 2014. Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems
Ariel Lugo, Ernesto Medina. 2014. Mangrove forests
James Vose, Wayne T. Swank, Mary Beth Adams, Devendra M. Amatya, John Campbell, Sherri Johnson, Frederick J. Swanson, Randy Kolka, Ariel Lugo, Robert C. Musselman, Charles Rhoades. 2014. The role of experimental forests and ranges in the development of ecosystem science and biogeochemical cycling research
K. Robinson, Gerald Bauer, Ariel Lugo. 2014. Passing the baton from the Tainos to tomorrow: forest conservation in Puerto Rico
K.G. Rosas, Ariel Lugo, Olga Ramos, A. Ramirez. 2014. Spatio-temporal variation in stream water chemistry in a tropical urban watershed
Tischa A. A. Munoz, Ariel Lugo, E. Melendez-Ackerman, L.E. Santiago-Acevedo, J. Seguinot-Barbosa, P. Mendez-Lazaro. 2014. Knowledge to serve the city: insights from an emerging knowledge-action network to address vulnerability and sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico
E. Medina, E. Cuevas, Ariel Lugo, E. Terezo, J. Jimenez-Osornio, P.A. Macario-Mendoza, P. Montanez. 2014. Conservative nutrient use by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) planted under contrasting environmental conditions
Ariel Lugo, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2014. Research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest has advanced understanding of tropical forests and resolved management issues
Ariel Lugo. 2014. Evolving conservation paradigms for the Anthropocene
Tischa A. A. Munoz, Ariel Lugo, B. Quintero. 2014. Emerging synthesis themes from the study of social-ecological systems of a tropical city
Ariel Lugo. 2014. Tropical cities are diverse and deserve more social-ecological attention
Eileen Helmer, H.E. Erickson, Thomas Brandeis, Ariel Lugo. 2014. Controls on fallen leaf chemistry and forest floor element masses in native and novel forests across a tropical island
Ariel Lugo, C.J. Nytch, M. Ramsey. 2013. An analysis of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers documents supporting the channelization of the Rio Piedras. Acta Cientifica. 27(1-3).
D.P.C. Peters, Ariel Lugo, F.S. Chapin, III, A.J. Tepley, F.J. Swanson. 2013. Disturbance regimes and ecological responses across sites
D.P.C. Peters, C.M. Laney, Ariel Lugo, S.L. Collins, C.T. Driscoll, P.M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, A.K. Knapp, T.K. Kratz, M.D. Ohman, R.B. Waide, J. Yao. 2013. Long-term trends in ecological systems: an introduction to cross-site comparisons and relevance to global change studies
W.H. McDowell, R.L. Brereton, F.N. Scatena, J.B. Shanley, N.V. Brokaw, Ariel Lugo. 2013. Interactions between lithology and biology drive the long-term response of stream chemistry to major hurricanes in a tropical landscape
Ariel Lugo. 2013. Novel tropical forests: nature's response to global change
C.T. Driscoll, P.M. Groffman, J.M. Blair, Ariel Lugo, C.M. Laney, D.P.C. Peters. 2013. Cross-site comparisons of precipitation and surface water chemistry
R. B. Waide, D. E. Comarazamy, J. E. González, C. A. S. Hall, Ariel Lugo, J. C. Luvall, D. J. Murphy, J. R. Ortiz-Zayas, N. D. Ramírez-Beltrán, F. N. Scatena, W. L. Silver. 2013. Climate variability at multiple spatial and temporal scales in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2013. Foreword, up, down, and across the mountains: a new look at the Luquillo Mountains
N. L. Harris, C. A. S. Hall, Ariel Lugo. 2013. A test of the maximum power hypothesis along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico
S. Martinuzzi, Ariel Lugo, Thomas Brandeis, Eileen Helmer. 2013. Case study: Geographic distribution and level of novelty of Puerto Rican forests
M. P. Perring, P. Manning, R.J. Hobbs, Ariel Lugo, C.E. Ramalho, R. J. Standish. 2013. Novel urban ecosystems and ecosystem services
J. J. Ewel, J. Mascaro, C. Kueffer, Ariel Lugo, L. Lach, M. Gardener. 2013. Islands: Where novelty is the norm
P. L. Kennedy, L. Lach, Ariel Lugo, R.J. Hobbs. 2013. Fauna and novel ecosystems
Ariel Lugo, O. Abelleira Martínez, J. Fonseca da Silva. 2012. Aboveground biomass, wood volume, nutrient stocks and leaf litter in novel forests compared to native forests and tree plantations in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, C.M. Concepcion, L.E. Santiago-Acevedo, Tischa A. A. Munoz, J.C. Verdejo Ortiz, R. Santiago-Bartolomei, J. Forero-Montana, C.J. Nytch, H. Manrique, W. Colon-Cortes. 2012. In search of an adaptive social-ecological approach to understanding a tropical city
Ariel Lugo. 2012. Social silviculture: a new paradigm in the search for sustainable land conservation in the tropics?
Ariel Lugo. 2012. Acta Cientifica Vol. 26 (1-3)
M. E. Perez, I. Sastre de Jesús, Ariel Lugo, O. J. Abelleira Martínez. 2012. Bryophyte species diversity in secondary forests dominated by the introduced species Spathodea campanulata Beauv. in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, Eileen Helmer, E. Santiago Valentín. 2012. Caribbean landscapes and their biodiversity
M.R. Willig, C.P. Bloch, A.P. Covich, C.A.S. Hall, D. Jean Lodge, Ariel Lugo, W.L. Silver, R.B. Waide, L.R. Walker, J.K. Zimmerman. 2012. Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains, synthesis and foundations for the future
Ariel Lugo, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, E.A. Greathouse, C.M. Pringle, M.R. Willig, K.A. Vogt, L.R. Walker, Grizelle Gonzalez, W.H. McDowell, J. Thompson, NO-VALUE. 2012. Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research
W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, N. Brokaw, G.R. Camilo, A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, Grizelle Gonzalez, E.A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D. Jean Lodge, Ariel Lugo, C.M. Pringle, B.A. Richardson, M.J. Richardson, D.A. Schaefer, W.L. Silver, J. Thompson, D.J. Vogt, K.A. Vogt, M.R. Willig, L.L. Woolbright, X. Zou, J.K. Zimmerman. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the Luquillo Mountains
F.N. Scatena, J.F. Blanco, K.H. Beard, R.B. Waide, Ariel Lugo, N. Brokaw, W.L. Silver, B.L. Haines, J.K. Zimmerman. 2012. Disturbance regime
Ariel Lugo, R.B. Waide, M.R. Willig, T.A. Crowl, F.N. Scatena, J. Thompson, W.L. Silver, W.H. McDowell, N. Brokaw. 2012. Ecological paradigms for the tropics: old questions and continuing challenges
T.A. Crowl, N. Brokaw, R.B. Waide, Grizelle Gonzalez, K.H. Beard, E.A. Greathouse, Ariel Lugo, A.P. Covich, D. Jean Lodge, C.M. Pringle, J. Thompson, G.E. Belovsky. 2012. When and where biota matter, linking disturbance regime, species characteristics, and dynamics of communities and ecosystems
N. Brokaw, J.K. Zimmerman, M. Willig, G. Camilo, A. Covich, T. Crowl, N. Fetcher, B. Haines, D. Jean Lodge, Ariel Lugo, R. Myster, C.M. Pringle, J. Sharpe, F. Scatena, T. Schowalter, W. Silver, J. Thompson, D. Vogt, K. Vogt, R. Waide, L. Walker, L. Woolbright, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., X. Zou. 2012. Response to disturbance, Chapter 5
I.A. Ramjohn, P.G. Murphy, T.M. Burton, Ariel Lugo. 2012. Survival and rebound of Antillean dry forests: role of forest fragments
D.C. Useche, J. Rendeiro, and others NO-VALUE, W.F. Laurance, Ariel Lugo. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas
Ariel Lugo. 2012. Conundrums, paradoxes, and surprises: a brave new world of biodiversity conservation
T.A. Carlo, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Ariel Lugo. 2012. Natural mixing of species: novel plant–animal communities on Caribbean Islands
Tamara Heartsill Scalley, F.N. Scatena, Samuel Moya, Ariel Lugo. 2012. Long-term dynamics of organic matter and elements exported as coarse particulates from two Caribbean montane watersheds
Nancy L. Harris, Ariel Lugo, Sandra Brown, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Luquillo Experimental Forest: Research History and Opportunities
Migdalia Alvarez Ruiz, Ariel Lugo. 2012. Landscape effects on structure and species composition of tabonuco forests in Puerto Rico: implications for conservation
Gregory P. Asner, Roberta E. Martin, Raul Tupayachi, Ruth Emerson, Paola Martinez, Felipe Sinca, George V.N. Powell, S. Joseph Wright, Ariel Lugo. 2011. Taxonomy and remote sensing of leaf mass per area (LMA) in humid tropical forests
Ariel Lugo, Carlos Dominguez Cristobal, Noemi Mendez. 2011. Hurricane Georges accelerated litterfall fluxes of a 26 yr-old novel secondary forest in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2011. La Cartilla del Agua. Acta Cientifica Vol.25(1-3)
Debra P.C. Peters, Ariel Lugo, III Chapin, Steward T.A. Pickett, Michael Duniway, Adrian V. Rocha, Frederick J. Swanson, Christine Laney, Julia Jones. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities
Ariel Lugo, Olga Ramos, Carlos Rodriguez. 2011. The Río Piedras watershed and its surrounding environment
Sandra Molina Colón, Ariel Lugo, Olga Ramos. 2011. Novel dry forests in southwestern Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, Oscar Abelleira, Alexander Collado, Christian A. Viera, Cynthia Santiago, Diego O. Velez, Emilio Soto, Giovanni Amaro, Graciela Charon, Jr. Colon, Jennifer Santana, Jose L. Morales, Katherine Rivera, Luis Ortiz, Luis Rivera, Mianel Maldonado, Natalia Rivera, Norelis J. Vazquez. 2011. Allometry, biomass, and chemical content of novel African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata) forests in Puerto Rico
Debra P.C. Peters, Ariel Lugo, F. Stuart Chapin, Steward T.A. Pickett, Michael Duniway, Adrian V. Rocha, Fred Swanson, Christine Laney, Julia Jones. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities
Mark Davis, Mathew K. Chew, Richard J. Hobbs, Ariel Lugo, John J. Ewel, Geerat J. Vermeij, James Brown, Michael L. Rosenzweig, Mark R. Gardener, Scott P. Carroll, Ken Thompson, Stewart T.A. Pickett, Juliet C. Stromberg, Peter Del Tredici, Katharine N. Suding, Joan G. Eherenfeld, J. Philip Grime, Joseph Mascaro, John C. Briggs. 2011. Don’t judge species on their origins
Ariel Lugo. 2010. Acta Cientifica Vol. 24(1-3)
E. Medina, E. Cuevas, S. Molina, Ariel Lugo, Olga Ramos. 2010. Structural variability and species diversity of a dwarf Caribbean dry forest
Ernesto Medina, Elvira Cuevas, Ariel Lugo. 2010. Nutrient relations of dwarf Rhizophora mangle L
Heather D. Vance-Chalcraft, Michael R. Willig, Stephen B. Cox, Ariel Lugo, Frederick N. Scatena. 2010. Relationship between aboveground biomass and multiple measures of biodiversity in subtropical forest of Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2010. Let’s not forget the biodiversity of the cities
Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Frederick N. Scatena, Ariel Lugo, Samuel Moya, Carlos R. Estrada Ruiz. 2010. Changes in structure, composition, and nutrients during 15 years of hurricane-induced succession in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Oscar Abelleira, Mariela A. Rodríguez, Ivonne Rosario, Nataly Soto, Armando López, Ariel Lugo. 2010. Structure and species composition of novel forests dominated by an introduced species in northcentral Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2009. Acta Cientifica vol. 23(1-3)
Mark E. Harmon, Whendee L. Silver, Becky Fasth, Hua Chen, Ingrid C. Burke, William J. Parton, Stephen C. Hart, William S. Currie, Ariel Lugo. 2009. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison
Robin L. Chazdon, Carlos A. Peres, Daisy Dent, Douglas Sheil, Ariel Lugo, David Lamb, Nigel E. Stork, Scott E. Miller. 2009. The potential for species conservation in tropical secondary forests
G. Miller, Ariel Lugo. 2009. Guide to the ecological systems of Puerto Rico
S. Martinuzzi, William A. Gould, Ariel Lugo, E. Medina. 2009. Conversion and recovery of Puerto Rican mangroves: 200 years of change
Ariel Lugo. 2009. The emerging era of novel tropical forests
Thomas Brandeis, Eileen Helmer, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Ariel Lugo. 2009. Climate shapes the novel plant communities that form after deforestation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Thomas Brandeis, Eileen Helmer, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Ariel Lugo. 2009. Climate shapes the novel plant communities that form after deforestion in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Christian A. Viera Martinez, Oscar Abelleira, Ariel Lugo. 2008. Estructura y química del suelo en un bosque de Castilla elastica en el carso del norte de Puerto Rico: resultados de una calicata
Maria Rivera, Ariel Lugo, Shalom V. Vázquez. 2008. Densidad de artrópodos activos en la superficie del suelo de un bosque novedoso de Castilla elastica
Ariel Lugo, Jessica Fonseca da Silva, Alejandra María Sáez Uribe. 2008. Balance de carbono en un bosque novedoso de Castilla elastica: resultados preliminares
Ariel Lugo. 2008. Acta Cientifica vol. 22(1-3)
Todd A. Crowl, Thomas O. Crist, Robert R. Parmenter, Gary Belovsky, Ariel Lugo. 2008. The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change.
Eileen Helmer, Thomas Brandeis, Ariel Lugo, Todd Kennaway. 2008. Factors influencing spatial pattern in tropical forest clearance and stand age: Implications for carbon storage and species diversity.
Ariel Lugo, Eileen Helmer, Abel Vale. 2007. La conservacion y vulnerabilidad a la urbanizacion del karso puertorriqueño
Jill Thompson, Ariel Lugo, John Thomlinson. 2007. Land use history, hurricane disturbance, and the fate of introduced species in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico.
Tamara Heartsill Scalley, F.N. Scatena, Carlos R. Estrada Ruiz, W.H. McDowell, Ariel Lugo. 2007. Disturbance and long-term patterns of rainfall and throughfall nutrient fluxes in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Ernesto Medina, Elvira Cuevas, Ariel Lugo. 2007. Nutrient and salt relations of Pterocarpus officinalis L. in coastal wetlands of the Caribbean: assessment through leaf and soil analyses.
Ariel Lugo, ERNESTO MEDINA, ELVIRA CUEVAs, CINTR&#211, GILBERTO N, EDDIE N. LABOY NIEVES, SCH&#196, YARA EFFER NOVELLI. 2007. Ecophysiology of a Mangrove Forest in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Francis E. Putz, Jack Ewel, Ariel Lugo. 2007. Forest management versus forest degradation and destruction.
Ariel Lugo. 2006. Ecological lessons from an island that has experienced it all
Richard J. Hobbs, Salvatore Arico, James Aronson, Jill S. Baron, Peter Bridgewater, Viki A. Cramer, Paul R. Epstein, John J. Ewel, Carlos A. Klink, Ariel Lugo, David Norton, Dennis Ojima, Richardson David M., Eric W. Sanderson, Fernando Valladares, Montserrat Vilà, Regino Zamora, Martin Zobel. 2006. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order
Ariel Lugo, Oscar Abelleira, SONIA BORGES, LAUREN J. COLÓN, SYNDI MELÉNDEZ, MARIELA A. RODRÍGUEZ. 2006. Preliminary Estimate of Earthworm Abundance and Species Richness in Spathodea campanulata Beauv. Forests in Northern Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, Peter G. Murphy, Skip Van Bloem. 2006. Structural response of Caribbean dry forests to hurricane winds: a case study from Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico.
Sandra Molina Colon, Ariel Lugo. 2006. Recovery of a Subtropical Dry Forest After Abandonment of Different Land Uses
Frederick J. Swanson, Olga Ramos González, Mary Beth Adams, Brian J. J. Palik, Ron Thill, Dale Brockway, Christel C. Kern, Richard Woodsmith, Robert Musselman, Ariel Lugo. 2006. Long-term research at the USDA Forest Service's experimental forests and ranges.
Rebecca Ostertag, Whendee L. Silver, Ariel Lugo. 2005. Factors Affecting Mortality and Resistance to Damage Following Hurricanes in a Rehabilitated Subtropical Moist Forest
A. Suárez, Ivan Vicens, Ariel Lugo. 2005. Composición de especies y estructura del bosque kárstico de San Patricio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
E. Román Nunci, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Ivan Vicens, G. Bortolamedi, Ariel Lugo. 2005. El bosque del parque central de la urbanización El Paraíso: estructura, composición de especies y crecimiento de árboles
Ariel Lugo, Carlos Dominguez Cristobal, N. Méndez Irizarry. 2005. Efectos del huracán Georges en el crecimiento de árboles en un bosque secundario en el interior de Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, Carlos Dominguez Cristobal, N. Méndez Irizarry. 2005. Efectos del huracán Georges en la composición de especies y estructura de un bosque secundario en el interior de Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, E. Román Nunci, Maya Quinones, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Ivan Vicens. 2005. El bosque estatal del nuevo milenio antes y después del huracán Georges
Ariel Lugo. 2005. El valor maderero del bosque urbano
Ariel Lugo. 2005. The ecosystems of the Luquillo Mountains
Ariel Lugo. 2005. Acta Cientifica vol. 19(1-3)
Jorge L. Frangi, Marcelo D. Barrera, Laura L. Richter, Ariel Lugo. 2005. Nutrient cycling in Nothofagus pumilio forests along an altitudinal gradient in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Skip Van Bloem, Peter G. Murphy, Ariel Lugo, Rebecca Ostertag, Maria Rivera Costa, Ivelisse Ruiz Bernard, Sandra Molina Colon, Miguel Canals Mora. 2005. The Influence of Hurricane Winds on Caribbean Dry Forest Structure and Nutrient Pools
WHENDEE L. SILVER, LARA M. KUEPPERS, Ariel Lugo, REBECCA OSTERTAG, VIRGINIA MATZEK. 2004. CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS FOLLOWING REFORESTATION OF TROPICAL PASTURE.
Ariel Lugo. 2004. The outcome of alien tree invasions in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo. 2004. H.T. Odum and the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Ariel Lugo, WHENDEE L. SILVER, SANDRA MOLINA COLON. 2004. BIOMASS AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF RESTORED NEOTROPICAL FORESTS
Ariel Lugo, Eileen Helmer. 2004. Emerging forests on abandoned land: Puerto Rico’s new forests
MONICA G. TURNER, SCOTT L. COLLINS, Ariel Lugo, JOHN J. MAGNUSON, T. SCOTT RUPP, FREDERICK J. SWANSON. 2003. Disturbance Dynamics and Ecological Response: The Contribution of Long-Term Ecological Research.
Ariel Lugo, JORGE L. FRANGI. 2003. Changes in necromass and nutrients on the forest floor of a palm floodplain forest in the Luquillo mountains of Puerto Rico.
Ariel Lugo. 2002. Can we manage tropical landscapes? – an answer from the Caribbean perspective.
Ariel Lugo, Leopoldo Miranda Castro, Abel Vale, Tania del Mar López, Enrique Hernández Prieto, Andrés García Martinó, Alberto R. Puente Rolón, Adrianne G. Tossas, Donald A. McFarlane, Tom Miller, Armando Rodríguez, Joyce Lundberg, John Thomlinson, José Colón, Johannes H. Schellekens, Olga Ramos, Eileen Helmer. 2001. Puerto Rican Karst-A Vital Resource
Virginia H. Dale, Linda A. Joyce, Steve McNulty, Ronald P. Neilson, Matthew P. Ayres, Michael D. Flannigan, Paul J. Hanson, Lloyd C. Irland, Ariel Lugo, Chris J. Peterson, Daniel Simberloff, Frederick J. Swanson, Brian J. Stocks, Michael Wotton. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances
Ariel Lugo. 2001. EL MANEJO DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD EN EL SIGLO XXI
Ariel Lugo, Louise Mastrantonio. 1999. Institute of Tropical Forestry: The First Fifty Years
Ariel Lugo, S. L. Brown, R. Dodson, T. S Smith, H. H. Shugart. 1999. The Holdridge life zones of the conterminous United States in relation to ecosystem mapping
Jorge L. Frangi, Ariel Lugo. 1998. A flood plain palm forest in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico five years after Hurricane Hugo
Ariel Lugo. 1998. Mangrove forests: a tough system to invade
Ariel Lugo. 1998. Mangrove Forests: a Tough System to Invade but an Easy one to Rehabilitate
Mary J. Sanchez, Edwin Lopez, Ariel Lugo. 1997. Chemical and physical analyses of selected plants and soils from Puerto Rico (1981-1990)
Ariel Lugo. 1997. The apparent paradox of reestablishing species richness on degraded lands with tree monocultures.
Marcia H. Wilson, Cameron B. Kepler, Noel F.R. Snyder, Scott R. Derrickson, F. Josh Dein, James W. Wiley, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Ariel Lugo, David L. Graham, William D. Toone. 1994. Puerto Rican Parrots and Potential Limitations of the Metapopulation Approach to Species Conservation
Khadga Basnet, Frederick N. Scatena, Gene E. Likens, Ariel Lugo. 1993. Ecological Consequences of Root Grafting in Tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) Trees in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, John A. Parrotta, Sandra Brown. 1993. Loss in species caused by tropical deforestation and their recovery through management
Ariel Lugo, F.N. Scatena. 1992. Eipihytes and Climate Change Research in the Caribbean: A Proposal
Gisel Reyes, Sandra Brown, Jonathan Chapman, Ariel Lugo. 1992. Wood Densities of Tropical Tree Species
Ariel Lugo. 1992. Tree plantations for rehabilitating damaged forest lands in the tropics.
Ariel Lugo. 1990. Mangroves of the Pacific Islands: research opportunities
Ariel Lugo, M. M. Brinson, S Brown. 1990. Synthesis and search for paradigms in wetland ecology.
Ariel Lugo. 1986. Water and the Ecosystems of the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Julio C. Figueroa, Luis Totti, Ariel Lugo, Roy O. Woodbury. 1984. Structure and composition of moist coastal forests in Dorado, Puerto Rico
Sandra Brown, Ariel Lugo, Susan Silander, Leon Liegel. 1983. Research History and Opportunities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., Ecology, 1969
University of Puerto Rico, M.S., Biology, 1965

Last updated March 10, 2026

Ariel Lugo, PhD

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Compendio de Incentivos y Programas para la Conservación de los Recursos Naturales en Puerto Rico

Manual de Forestación Urbana para Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes Americanas