Southern Research Station

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

Author: Figueroa, Julio C.; Totti, Luis; Lugo, Ariel E.; Woodbury, Roy O.

Date: 1984

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

Station ID: RP-SO-202

Description: 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

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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.