Invertebrate Community Structure and Herbivory in a Tropical Rain Forest Canopy in Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Hugo

Biotropica ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy D. Schowalter
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Invertebrate Community ◽  
Invertebrate Community Structure ◽  
Hurricane Hugo

scholarly journals Hurricane Hugo: damage to a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadga Basnet ◽  
Gene E. Likens ◽  
F. N. Scatena ◽  
Ariel E. Lugo
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Luquillo Experimental Forest ◽  
Size Classes ◽  
The North ◽  
Large Trees ◽  
Root Grafts ◽  
Hurricane Hugo

ABSTRACTHurricane Hugo of September 1989 caused severe damage to the rain forest in the north-rust corner of Puerto Rico. We assessed the severity of damage distributed in space, species, and size-classes of trees in the Bisley Watersheds of the Luquillo Experimental Forest. We analyzed pie- and post-hurricane data for vegetation from transects established in 1987 and 1988. The severity of damage was significantly greater in valleys than on ridges and slopes. All the species exceptDacryodes excelsa, Sloanea berteriana, andGuarea guidoniashowed 100% severe damage. Large trees (> 70 cm DBH) were highly susceptible to hurricane damage, but there was no clear pattern in the small size-classes.D. excelsa(tabonuco) was the most resistant to damage by the hurricane. Tabonuco which has extensive root-grafts and root anchorage to bedrock and subsurficial rocks, apparently can survive frequent hurricanes and continue as a dominant species in this montane tropical rain forest. The high frequency of hurricanes, which can override other ecological and topographic factors, may largely determine the overall spatial pattern of species in this rain forest.

scholarly journals Forest disturbance and arthropods: Small-scale canopy gaps drive invertebrate community structure and composition

Ecosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e02463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayla I. Perry ◽  
Kimberly F. Wallin ◽  
John W. Wenzel ◽  
Daniel A. Herms
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Forest Disturbance ◽  
Canopy Gaps ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Invertebrate Community ◽  
Invertebrate Community Structure
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