AN ALTITUDINAL COMPARISON OF GROWTH AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IN HURRICANE-DAMAGED FORESTS IN PUERTO RICO

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, PO Box 454004, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, * Terrestrial Ecology Division, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 363682, San Juan, PR 00936-3682, t USDA Forest Service, Centre for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, Palmer, PR 00721 and tDepartment of Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, 502 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

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