Structure and composition of moist coastal forests in Dorado, Puerto Rico

Julio C. Figueroa; Luis Totti; Ariel Lugo; Roy O. Woodbury

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-202

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Structure and composition of moist coastal forests in Dorado, Puerto Rico

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Authors:

Julio C. Figueroa, Luis Totti, Ariel Lugo, Roy O. Woodbury

Year:

1984

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-202

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-202. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Changes in forest structure and area over a 44-year period in coastal moist forests in Puerto Rico show succession toward a single climax on white sands. A Pterocarpus forest has not changed and is considered a climax on flooded soils.

Keywords

Tropical forests, tropical succession, forested wetlands, pterocarpus swamps

Citation

Figueroa, Julio C.; Totti, Luis; Lugo, Ariel E.; Woodbury, Roy O. 1984. Structure and composition of moist coastal forests in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Res. Pap. SO-202. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.