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In press

 

Ackerman, J. D., and E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman. Las orquídeas. in R. L. Joglar, editor. Historia natural de Puerto Rico. Serie de Historia Natura. (In Press)

 

 

 

 

Barone, J. A. , J. R. Thomlinson, J. K. Zimmerman, and N. V. L. Brokaw.Tropical forest community composition and structure along an elevational gradient in Puerto Rico. Journal of Ecology. (In Press)

     
 

Bobeldyk, A., and A. Ramírez. Redundancy between shrimps and invertebrates in leaf litter decomposition. Hydrobiologia. (In Press)

 

 

 

  Feng, W. T., D. A. Schaefer, J. Z. Li, J. H. Chen, and X. M. Zou. Soil mono and saccharides and amino acids as influenced by plant litter and root processes in a subtropical moist forest of the Southwest China. Biogeochemistry. (In Press)
   
 

Fuemero-Cabán, J., and E. Meléndez-Ackerman. Behavior and Pollination effciency of flowers visitors of Pitcairnia angustiflia (Bromeliaceae). Biotropica. (In Press)

   

 

Mallory, E. P. , N. V. L. Brokaw, and S. C. Hess.-netting in subtropical forests in Belize: effects of shyness, season, rain, time of day, and forest structure on capture rates. In C. J. Ralph (ed. ). Monitoring Bird Populations by Mist Nets. (In Press)

   
 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., S. Aragón, M. Morales-Vargas, J. Sustache, F. Axelrod, C. Fuentes, J. D. Ackerman, M. Garcia, and D. S. Fernández. Monitoring Efforts Yield New Plant Records For Mona Island, Puerto Rico, A Tropical Dry Forest Wonderland. Caribbean Journal of Science. (In Press)

   
 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., C. Cortes, J. Sustache, S. Aragón, M. Morales-Vargas, M. García-Bermudez, and D. Fernández-Gamo. Diet selection of introduced goats in Mona Island: a rare dry forest Caribbean reserve. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press)

   
 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., J. Rojas, and S. Planas. Remarkable abundance of microgametophytes in Heliconia bihai (Heliconiaceae) from St. Lucia. Caribbean Journal of Science. (In Press)

     
 

Melendez-Ackerman, E. J., C. Cortes, J. Sustache, S. Aragón, M. Morales-Vargas, M. García-Bermúdez, and D. Fernández-Gamo. Plant choices of feral goats in a Caribbean dry forest reserve. Biología Tropical. (In Press)

   
 

Ortiz-Zayas, J., E. Cuevas, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, L. Danoso, I. Trebs, D. Figueroa-Nieves, and W. McDowell. Running Head: Nitrogen cycling in urban Puerto Rico. Biogeochemistry. (In Press)

   

 

Ramírez, A. , and C. M. Pringle.Do macroconsumers affect insect responses to a natural stream phosphorus gradient? Hydrobiologia (In Press)

   
 

Ramírez, A., C.M. Pringle, and K.M. Wantzen. Tropical river conservation. in D. Dudgeon and C. Cressa, editors. Tropical stream ecology. Academic Press.(In Press)

 

 

 

 

Rauber, R. M., B. Stevens, J. Davison, S. Goeke, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and et all. In the Driver's Seat - RICO and Education. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (In Press)

     
 

Rauber, R. M., B. Stevens, H. T. O. III, C. Knight, B. A. Albrecht, A. M. Blyth, C. W. Fairall, J. B. Jensen, S. G. Lasher-Trapp, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and e. all. Rain in (Shallow) Cumulus over the Ocean-The RICO Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (In Press)

 

 

 

 

Rice, K. , N. Brokaw, and J. Thompson. Liana density in a Puerto Rican forest. Forest Ecology and Management. (In Press)

   
 

Ruan, H. H., Y. Li, and X. M. Zou. Control on plant litter decomposition by forest debris: tropical upland and riparian comparisons. Pedobiologia. (In Press)

 

 

 

 

Sha, Z., Y. Bai, Y. Xie, M. Yu, and L. Zhang. Using a hybrid fuzzy classifier to map typical grassland vegetation in the Inner Mongolia, China. International Journal of Remote Sensing. (In press)

   
 

Wantzen, K. M., A. Ramírez, and K. Winemiller. New vistas in neotropical streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. (In Press)

 

 

 

 

Yang, X. D., M. Warren, and X. M. Zou. Fertilization responses of soil litter fauna and litter quantity, quality, and turnover in low and high elevation forests of Puerto Rico. Soil Ecology. (In Press)

 

 

 

 

Zhang, M., X. H. Fu, W. T. Feng, and X. M. Zou. Soil organic carbon in pure rubber and tea-rubber plantations in sourthwertern China. Tropical Ecology. (In Press)

     

Zimmerman, J. K., J. Thompson, and N. Brokaw. Large tropical forest dynamics plots: laboratories for testing ecological theory. in W. Carson and S. Schnitzer, editors. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Publications, Blackwell, Oxford.(In Press)

   

Zou, X. M., B. Arandes-Pérez, D. Capó-Ramos, J. Gutiérrez-Santiago, and X. Rosario-Santiago. Comparisons of earthworm community structure between an active pasture and an adjacent tropical wet forest. Caribbean Journal of Sciences.(In Press)

   

 

2007

 

Fernández-Marín, H., J. K. Zimmerman, and W. T. Wcislo. 2007. Fungus garden platforms improve hygiene during nest establishment in Acromyrmex ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini). Insectes Sociaux 54:64-69.

     
 

Fuzzi, S., S. Decesari, M. C. Facchini, F. Cavalli, L. Emblico, M. Mircea, M. O. Andreae, I. Trebs, A. Hoffer, P. Guyon, P. Artaxo, L. V. Rizzo, L. L. Lara, T. Pauliquevis, W. Maenhaut, N. Raes, X. Chi, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and e. all. 2007. Overview of the inorganic and organic composition of size-segregated aerosol in Rondônia, Brazil, from the biomass burning period to the onset of the wet season. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres doi:10.1029/2005JD006741.

 

 

 

 

Gao, Q., M. Yu, Y. Liu, H. Xu, and X. Xu. 2007. Modeling interplay between regional net ecosystem carbon balance and soil erosion for a crop-pasture region. Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2007JG000455.

     
 

González, G., E. Espinosa, Z. Liu, and X. M. Zou. 2007. A fluorescent marking and re-count technique using the invasive earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Caribbean Journal of Science 42:371-379.

   
 

Melendez-Ackerman, E. J., M. A. García, D. Fernández, P. Calle, A. Martínez, and O. Ramos. 2007. Estudios de vegetación de los bosques de depresión de la isla Reserva de Mona, Puerto Rico y su importancia para el manejo y conservación de especies. in Simposio Memorias del XXVI. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan, P.R.

   
 

Pacarella, J. B., T. M. Aide, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2007. The demography of Miconia prasina (Melastomataceae) during secondary succession in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 39:54-61.

   
 

Sloan, S. A., J. K. Zimmerman, and S. M. Sabat. 2007. Phenology of Plumeria alba and its herbivores in a tropical dry forest. Biotropica 39:195-201.

   
 

Willig, M. R., C. P. Bloch, N. Brokaw, C. Higgins, J. Thompson, and C. R. Zimmerman. 2007. Cross-scale responses of biodiversity to hurricane and anthropogenic disturbance in a tropical forest. Ecosystems 10:824-838.

     
 

Zimmerman, J. K., T. M. Aide, and A. E. Lugo. 2007. Implications of land use history for natural forest regeneration and restoration strategies in Puerto Rico. in V. Cramer and R. Hobbs, editors. Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Island Press.

   

 

Zimmerman, J. K., S. J. Wright, O. Calderón, M. A. Pagán, and S. Paton. 2007. Flowering and fruiting phenologies of seasonal and aseasonal neotropical forests: the role of annual changes in irradiance. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 231-251.

   
 

Zou, X. M., B. Arandes-Pérez, D. Capó-Ramos, J. Gutiérrez-Santiago, and X. Rosario-Santiago. 2007. Comparisons of earthworm community structure between an active pasture and an adjacent tropical wet forest. Caribbean Journal of Sciences 42:311-314.

   

 

2006

 

 

Bergman, E., J. D. Ackerman, J. Thompson, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2006. Land-use history affects the distribution of the saprophytic orchid, Wullschlaegelia calcarata, in Puerto Rico's tabonuco forest. Biotropica 38:492-499.

 

 

 

 

Callaham, M. A., G. Gonzalez, C. H. Hale, L. Heneghan, S. L. Lachnicht, and X. M. Zou. 2006. Policy and management responses to earthworm invasion in North America. Biological Invasions 8:1317-1329.

     
 

Cao, M., X. M. Zou, M. Warren, and H. Zhu. 2006. Introduction: The tropical forests in Xishuangbanna of China. Biotropica 38:306-309.

   

  Chan, O. C., X. D. Yang, Y. Fu, Z. L. Feng, L. Q. Sha, P. Casper, and X. M. Zou. 2006. 16S rRNA gene analyses of bacterial community structures in the soils of evergreen broad-leaved forests in SW China. FEMs Microbiology Ecology 58:247-259.

 

 

 

 

Chand, D., P. Guyon, P. Artaxo, O. Schmid, O.L. Mayol-Bracero, G. Frank, L.V. Gatti, f.X. Meixner, M.A.L. Moura, and M.O. Andreae. 2006. Optical and physical properties of aerosols in the boundary layer and free troposphere over the Amazon Basin during the biomass burning season. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6:2911-2925.

   

  Chen, J. H., X. M. Zou, and X. D. Yang. 2006. Retention of plant available P in acid soils of tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. Acta Ecologica Sinica 26:2294-2300.

 

 

 

 

Fernández-Marín, H., J. K. Zimmerman, and W. T. Wcislo. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae)attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini). Naturwissenschaften 93:17-21.

     
 

Fernández-Marín, H., J. K. Zimmerman, S. A. Rehner, and W. T. Wcislo. 2006. Active use of the metaplural glands by ants in controlling fungal infection. Pages 1689-1695 in Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B.

 

 

 

 

Gonzalez, G., C. Y. Huang, X. M. Zou, and C. Rodriguez. 2006. Earthworm invasions in the tropics. Biological Invasions 8:1247-1256.

     
 

Hendrix, P. F., G. H. Baker, M. A. Callaham-Jr, G. A. Damoff, C. Fragoso, G. Gonzalez, S. W. James, and X. Zou. 2006. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms. Biological Invasions 8:1287-1300.

 

 

 

 

Li, Y., M. Xu, and X. M. Zou. 2006. Heterotrophic soil respiration in relation to environmental factors and microbial biomass in two tropical wet forests. Plant and Soil 281:193-201.

     
 

Mayol-Bracero, O. L. 2006. Aire. Pages 89-98 in T. M. López-Marrero and N. Villanueva-Colón, editors. Atlas Ambiental de Puerto Rico. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR.

     
 

Muller-Landau, H. C., R. S. Condit, K.E.Harms, C. O. Marks, S. C. Thomas, S. Bunyavejchewin, G. Chuyong, L. Co, S. Davies, R. Foster, S. Gunatilleke, N. Gunatilleke, T. Hart, and e. all. 2006. Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models. Ecology Letters 9:589-602.

 

 

 

Navarro, L., T.M. Aide, M.G. Slocum, J.K. Zimmerman. 2006.Restauración de especies nativas en los helechales de la Reserva Científica Ebano Verde: Ensayos preliminares y diseño de un plan de actuación. Progressio Fundación para el Mejoramiento Humano, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.

 

 

 

 

Ogle, K., M. Uriarte, J. Thompson, J. Johnstone, A. Jones, Y. Lin, E. McIntire, and J. Zimmerman. 2006. Implications of vulnerability to hurricane damage for long-term survival of tropical tree species: A Bayesian hierarchical analysis. in J. S. Clark and A. E. Gelfand, editors. Applications of Computational Statistics in the Environmental Sciences: Hierarchical Bayes and MCMC Methods. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

     
 

Ortiz-Zayas, J., E. Cuevas, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, L. Danoso, I. Trebs, D. Figueroa-Nieves, and W. McDowell. 2006. Running Head: Nitrogen cycling in urban Puerto Rico. Biogeochemistry DOI:10.1007/s10533-10006-19005-y.

   

 

Ramírez, A., and C. M. Pringle. 2006. Fast growth and turnover of chironomid assemblages in response to stream phosphorus levels in a tropical lowland landscape. Limnology and Oceanography 51:189-196.

 

 

 

Ramírez, A., C. M. Pringle, and M. Douglas. 2006. Physico-chemical variables and the structure of stream insect assemblages in a tropical landscape. Journal of North American Benthological Society 25:108-123.

 

 

 

Rivera, N., R. Tremblay, E. Meléndez-Ackerman. 2006. Density dependent effects in a lithophytic and epiphytic orchid. Folia Geobotanica 41:107-120.

 

 

 

 

Swenson, N. G., B. J. Enquist, J. Pither, J. Thompson, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2006. The problem and promise of scale dependency in community phylogenetics. Ecology 87:2418-2424.

 

 

 

Triska, F. J., C.M. Pringle, J.H. Duff, R,J, Avanzino, A. Ramírez, M. Ardon, and A.P. Jackman. 2006. Soluble reactive phosphorus transport and retention in tropical, rainforest streams draining a volcanic and geothermally active landscape in Costa Rica. Biogeochemistry DOI:10.1007/s10533-10006-19026-10536.

 

 

 

Tremblay, R. L., E. Meléndez-Ackerman, and D. Kapan. 2006. Do epiphytic orchids behave as a metapopulation? Evidence from colonization, extinction rates and asynchronous population dynamics. Biological Conservation 129:70-81.

   
 

Wills, C., K. E. Harms, R. Condit, D. King, J. Thompson, F. He, H. C. Muller-Landau, P. Ashton, E. Losos, L. Comita, S. Hubbell, J. LaFrankie, S. Bunyavejchewin, H. S. Dattaraja, S. Davies, S. Esufali, R. Foster, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, P. Hall, A. Itoh, R. John, S. Kiratiprayoon, S. L. d. Lao, M. Massa, C. Nath, M. N. S. Noor, A. R. Kassim, R. Sukumar, H. S. Suresh, I. F. Sun, S. Tan, T. Yamakura, and J. Zimmerman. 2006. Non-random processes contribute to the maintenance of diversity in tropical forests. Science 311:527-531.

     
 

Yang, X. D., and X. M. Zou. 2006. Soil fauna and leaf litter decomposition in tropical rain forest in Xishuangbanna, SW China: Effects of mesh size of litterbags. Acta Ecologica Sinica 30:791-801.

   

Zou, X. M., M. Cao, and M. Warren. 2006. The Xishuangbanna Tropical Forests in China. Biotropica 38: 306-347.

     

 

2005

 

Condit, R., P. Ashton, H. Balslev, N. Brokaw, S. Bunyavejchewin, G. Chuyong, L. Co, H.S. Dattaraja, s. Davies, S. Esufali, C.E.N. Ewango, R. Foster, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, C. Hernández, S. Hubbell, R. John, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, P. Hall, T. Hart, A. Itoh, J. LaFrankie, I. Liengola, D. Lagunzad, S. Lao, E.C. Losos, E. Magard, J.R. Makana, N. Manokaran, H. Navarrete, S. Mohammed Nur, T. Tan, D. Thomas, J. Thompson, M. Vallejo, G. Villa Muñoz, R. Valencia, T. Yamakura, and J. Zimmerman. 2005. Tropical tree a-diversity: results from worldwide network of large plots. Biologiske Skrifter 55:565-582.

 

 

 

 

Dechaine, J., H. H. Ruan, Y. Sanchez, and X. M. Zou. 2005. Correlation between earthworms and plant litter decomposition in a tropical wet forest of Puerto Rico. Pedobiologia 49:601-607.

 

 

 

 

Fernández-Marín, H., J. K. Zimmerman, W. T. Wcislo, and S. A. Rehner. 2005. Colony foundation, nest architecture and demography of a basal fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 35:1735-1743.

 

 

 

Goodrich, D. C., E. Z. Stakhiv, A. Browning-Aiken, K. Vache, J. R. Ortiz-Zayas, J. F. Blanco, F. N. Scatena, R. G. Varady, W. B. Bowden, and W. Howland. 2005. The HELP (Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy) Experience in North America. in Proceedings of the EWRI (ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute) Watershed Management Conference, Williamsburg, VA.

   

 

Hou, P. L., X. M. Zou, C. Y. Huang, and H. J. Chien. 2005. Plant litter decomposition influenced by soil fauna and disturbance in a subtropical rainforest of Taiwan. Pedobiologia 49:539-547.

 

 

 

Li, Y., M. Xu, X. M. Zou, and Y. Q. Zhang. 2005. Comparing soil organic carbon dynamics in plantation and secondary forest in wet tropics in Puerto Rico. Global Change Biology 11:239-248.

   
 

Li, Y., M. Xu, and X. M. Zou. 2005. Effects of nutrient additions on ecosystem carbon cycle in a Puerto Rican tropical wet forest. Global Change Biology 12:284-293.

     
  Li, Y., M. Xu, X. M. Zou, and Y. Xia. 2005. Soil respiration and fungal and bacterial biomass in a plantation and a secondary forest in Puerto Rico. Plant and Soil 268:151-160.
     
 

Li, Y., H. H. Ruan, X. M. Zou, and R. W. Myster. 2005. Tropical landslides illustrate relationships between biophysical factors and soil development in Puerto Rico. Soil Science 170:202-211.

   
  López-deJesús, L. 2005. Las aguas contaminadas de la Laguna del Condado. Revista de Investigación y Creación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras 2.1:20-21.
   
 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E., P. Speranza, W. J. Kress, L. Rohena, E. Toledo, C. Cortés, M. Gitzendanner, P. Soltis, and D. Soltis. 2005. Micro-evolutionary processes inferred from AFLP and morphological variation in Heliconia biha(Heliconiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 166:781-874.

 

 

 

Ortiz-Zayas, J. R., W. M. Lewis-Jr., J. R. Saunders-III, J. H. McCutchan-Jr., and F. N. Scatena. 2005. Metabolism of a tropical rainforest stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24:769-783.

 

 

 

Ruan, H. H., Y. Li, and X. M. Zou. 2005. Soil communities and plant litter decomposition as influenced by forest debris: Variation across tropical riparian and upland sites. Pedobiologia 49:539-547.

     
 

Tremblay, R. L., J. D. Ackerman, J. K. Zimmerman, and R. Calvo. 2005. Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84:1-54.

 

 

 

Uriarte, M., C. D. Canham, J. Thompson, J. K. Zimmerman, and N. Brokaw. 2005. Seedling recruitment in a hurricane-driven forest: Light limitation, density-dependence, and the spatial distribution of parent trees. Journal of Ecology 93:291-304 .

 

 

 

Zou, X. M., H. H. Ruan, Y. Fu, X. D. Yang, and L. Q. Sha. 2005. Estimating soil labile organic carbon using a sequential fumigation-incubation procedure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37:923-1928.

 

 

 

 

2004

 

Angulo-Sandoval, P., H. Fernández-Marín , J. K. Zimmerman and T. M. Aide. 2004. Changes in patterns of understory leaf phenology and herbivory following hurricane damage. Biotropica 36:60-67
     
 

Brokaw, N., S. Fraver, J. S. Grear, J. Thompson, J. K. Zimmerman, R. B. Waide, E. M. Everham-III, S. P. Hubbell, and R. B. Foster. 2004. Disturbance and canopy structure in two tropical forests. Pages 177-194 in E. Losos and E. G. Leigh-Jr., editors. Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Large Scale Plot Network. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

     
 

Finical, L., J. Sharpe, and X. M. Zou. 2004. Influence of fertilization on fern community in a tropical wet forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20:173-181.

 

 

 

 

Fernández-Marín, H.,  J. K. Zimmerman, and W. T. Wcislo.  2004. Ecological traits and evolutionary sequence of nest establishment in fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81: 39-48.

     
 

Grau, H. R. , T. M. Aide, J. K. Zimmerman, J. R. Thomlinson. Trends and scenarios of the carbon budget in post-agricultural Puerto Rico (1936-2060) Global Change Biology.10:1163-1179.

   

  Han, B., A. G. Chen, X. M. Zou, and Y. N. Fu. 2004. A comprehensive evaluation on sustainable management of a mountain community: A case study on Daka village, Yunnan. Acta Ecologica Sinica 24:2915-2919.
     
 

Mallory, E. P., N. V. L. Brokaw, and S. C. Hess. 2004. Coping with capture rate bias: Canopy height and several extrinsic factors. Studies in Avian Biology 29:151-160.

     
 

Minvielle F, Cautenet G, Andreae MO, Lasserre F, Foret G, Cautenet S, Leon JF, Mayol-Bracero OL, Gabriel R, Chazette P, Roca R 2004. Modelling the transport of aerosols during INDOEX 1999 and comparison with experimental data - 1: carbonaceous aerosol distribution Atmospheric Environment 38 (12): 1811-1822

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  Minvielle F, Cautenet G, Lasserre F, Foret G, Cautenet S, Leon JF, Andreae MO, Mayol-Bracero OL, Gabriel R, Chazette P, Roca R. 2004. Modelling the transport of aerosols during INDOEX 1999 and comparison with experimental data. Part 2: Continental aerosols and their optical depth Atmospheric Environment 38 (12): 1823-1837
     
 

Pascarella, J. B., T. M. Aide, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2004. Short-term response of secondary forests to hurricane disturbance in Puerto Rico, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 199:379-393.

     
 

Ramírez, A. 2004. Ecological Research and the Costa Rican Park System. Ecological Applications 14:25-27.

     
 

Ramírez, A. and C.M. Pringle 2004 Do macroconsumers affect insect responses to a natural stream phosphorus gradient? . Hydrobiologia 515:235-246 

     
 

Ramírez, A., and L.R. Hernández-Cruz.  2004.  Aquatic insect assemblages in shrimp-dominated tropical streams, Puerto Rico.  Biotropica 36:00-00.

 

 

 

 

Rice, K., Brokaw, N. and Thompson, J. 2004 Liana abundance in a Puerto Rican forest. Forest Ecology and Management 190:33-41.

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Ruan, H. H. , X. M. Zou, F. N. Scatena, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2004 Asynchronous rhythms of soil microbial biomass and plant litterfall in a tropical wet forest. Plant and Soil. 260: 147-154

     
 

Sanchez, Y., and X. M. Zou. 2004. Plant influences on native and exotic earthworms during secondary succession in old tropical pastures. Pedobiologia 48:215-226.

     
 

Slocum, M. G., T. M. Aide, J. K. Zimmerman, and L. Navarro. 2004. Natural regeneration of subtropical premontane forest after clearing of fern thickets in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20:483-486.

     
 

Thompson, J., N. Brokaw, J. K. Zimmerman, R. B. Waide, E. M. Everham-III, and D. A. Schaefer. 2004. Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot. Pages 540-550 in E. Losos and E. G. Leigh, editors. Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Large Scale Plot Network. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

     
 

Uriarte, M., C. D. Canham, J. Thompson, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2004. A maximum-likelihood, spatially explicit analysis of tree growth and survival in a tropical forest. Ecological Monographs 74:591-614.

 

 

 

 

Uriarte, M., L. W. Rivera, J. K. Zimmerman, T. M. Aide, A. G. Power, and A. S. Flecker. 2004. Effects of land use history on hurricane damage and recovery in a neotropical forest. Plant Ecology 174:49-58.

 

2003

 

Foster, D. , F. Swanson, J. Aber, I. Burke, N. Brokaw, D. Tilman, and A. Knapp. 2003. The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation. BioScience 53:77-88.

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Fernández-Marín, J. K. Z. H., S. A. Rehner, and W. T. Wcislo. 2003. Nest-founding in Acromyrmex octospinosus: demography and prophylactic behaviors. Insectes Socieux 50:304-308.

 

 

 

 

Graham, B. ; P. Guyon; W. Maenhaut; P. Taylor; M. Ebert; S. Matthias-Maser; O. L. Mayol-Bracero; R. H. M. Godoi; P. Artaxo; F. Meixner; M. A. Lima Moura; C. H. Eça D'Almeida Rocha; R. Van Grieken; M. Michael Glovsky; R. C. Flagan; M. O. Andreae. 2003. Composition and diurnal variations of the natural Amazonian aerosol, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters 108, 10. 1029/2003JD004049.

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Grau, H. R., T. M. Aide, J. K. Zimmerman, J. R. Thomlinson, E. Helmer, and X. Zou. 2003. The ecological consequences of socioeconomic and land use changes in post agriculture Puerto Rico. BioScience 53:1159-1168.

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Guyon, P. ; Graham, B. ; Roberts, G. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Maenhaut, W. , Artaxo, P. and Andreae, M. O. 2003 In canopy gradients, composition, sources, and optical properties of aerosol particles over the Amazon forest. Journal of Geophysical Research Letters 108,10.1029/2003JD003465 2003

     
 

Guyon, P. ; Graham, B. ; Beck, J. ; Boucher, O. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Roberts, G. ; Artaxo, P. ; Andreae, M. O. 2003. Physical properties and concentration of aerosol particles over the Amazon tropical forest during background and biomass burning conditions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. , 3, 951-967.

     
 

Guyon, P. ; Boucher, O. ; Graham, B. ; Beck, J. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Roberts, G. ; Maenhaut, W. ; Artaxo, P. ; and Andreae, M. O. 2003. Refractive index of aerosol particles over the Amazon tropical forest during LBA-EUSTACH 1999. Journal of. Aerosol Science.34, 883-907.

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Guyon, P.; Graham, B.; Roberts, G.; Mayol-Bracero, O.L.; Maenhaut, W., Artaxo, P.; and Andreae, M.O. 2003 Sources of optically active aerosol particles over the amazon forest, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 1039-1051, 2003.

 

 

 

Lugo, A. E. and J. K. Zimmerman. 2003. Ecological life histories of tropical trees with emphasis on disturbance effects. Pages 191 – 213 in: J. Vosso (Ed. ), Tropical tree seed manual. USDA Forest Service.

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Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J. , Calisto-Pérez, Carlos, M. López-Vargas, J. Fumero-Cabán. 2003. Patterns of damage and hurricane recovery of the understorey herb Heliconia caribaea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:677-684.

     

 

Ramírez, A. , C. M. Pringle, and L. Molina. 2003. Effects of stream phosphorus levels on microbial respiration. Freshwater Biology 48: 88-97.

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Sanchez, Y. , X. M. Zou, S. Borges, and H. H. Ruan. 2003. Recovery of native earthworms in abandoned tropical pastures. Conservation Biology 17: 999-1006.

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. , 2003. El Yunque y el agua: El Yunque and Water. Bilingual poster for community outreach.

 

 

 

 

Warren, M. and X. M. Zou. 2003. Nitrogen retention in temperate deciduous forests: the vernal dam hypothesis. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 27: 11-15.

 

2002 

 

Brokaw, N. 2002. Forest, Tropical. Pages 101-103 in R. Robinson (ed. ). Biology (Vol. 2). Macmillan Reference USA, New York.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. 2002. La persistencia de las especies vegetales en los fragmentos de bosque neotropical. Pages 564-565 in M. Guariguata and G. Kattan (eds. ). Ecología y Conservación de Bosques Neotropicales. Libro Universitario Regional, Cartago, Costa Rica.

 

 

 

 

Busing, R. T. , and N. Brokaw. 2002. Tree species diversity in temperate and tropical forest gaps: the role of lottery recruitment. Folia Geobotanica 37:33-43.

 

 

 

 

Clarke, A. D. ; Howell, S. ; Quinn, P. K. ; Bates, T. S. ; Ogren, J. A. ; Andrews, E. ; Jefferson, A. ; Massling, A. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Maring, H. ; Savoie, D. ; and Cass, G. 2002 The INDOEX aerosol: A comparison and summary of chemical, microphysical and optical properties observed from land, ship, and aircraft, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107: 10. 1029/JD000572.

 

 

 

 

Demmer, J. , R. Godoy, D. Wilkie, H. Overman, M. Taimur, K. Fernando, R. Gupta, K. McSweeney, N. Brokaw, S. Sriram, and T. Price. 2002. Do levels of income explain differences in game abundance? An empirical test in two Honduran villages. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:1845-1868.

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Dickerson, R. R. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Campos, T. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Neusuess, C. ; and Streets, D. G. 2002. Emissions of Black Carbon and Carbon Monoxide from South Asia, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107, 10. 1029/JD000501, 2002.

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Gabriel, R. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Andreae, M. O. 2002. Chemical characterization of aerosol collected over the Indian Ocean: Water-soluble ions, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107, 10. 1029/2001JD000034.

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Godoy, R. , H. Overman, J. Demmer, L. Apaza , E. Byron, T. Huanca, W. Leonard, E. Pérez, V. Reyes-García, V. Vadez, D. Wilkie, A. Cubas, K. McSweeney, N. Brokaw. 2002. Local financial benefits of rain forests: Comparative evidence from Amerindian societies in Bolivia and Honduras. Ecological Economics 40:397-409.

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Graham, B. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Guyon, P. ; Roberts, G. ; Decesari, S. ; Facchini, M. C. ; Artaxo, P. ; Köll, P. ; Andreae, M. O. 2002 Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia: 1. Characterization by GC/MS and NMR, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107, 10. 1029/2002JD000336

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Kaye, J. , D. Binkley, X. M. Zou, and J. Parrota. 2002. Retention of nitrogen by N-fixing species in tropical tree plantations. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66: 612-619.

 

 

 

 

Lachnicht, S. L. , P. F. Hendrix, and X. M. Zou. 2002. Stratification in resource use and mineralization between native and exotic earthworms in a tropical wet forest of Puerto Rico. Biology and Fertility of Soils 36: 43-52.

 

 

 

 

Liu, Z. G. and X. M. Zou. 2002. Exotic earthworms accelerate plant litter decomposition in a Puerto Rican pasture and a wet forest. Ecological Applications 12: 1406-1417.

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Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Kirchstetter, T. W. ; Novakov, T. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Gabriel, R. 2002 Carbonaceous aerosol over the Indian Ocean during INDOEX: Chemical characterization, optical properties, and probable sources, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107, 10. 1029/2000JD000039.

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Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Guyon, P. ; Graham, B. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Artaxo, P. ; Facchini, M. C. ; Decesari, S. ; Fuzzi, S. 2002 Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia: 2. Apportionment of the chemical composition and importance of the polyacidic fraction, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 107, 10. 1029/2001JD000522.

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Reiner, T. ; Sprung, D. ; Jost, C. ; Gabriel, R. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Campos, T. ; Shetter, R. E. 2002. Chemical characterization of pollution layers over the tropical Indian Ocean: Signatures of biomass burning and fossil fuel burning emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, 106, 28497-28510.

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Rosemond, A. D. , C. M. Pringle, A. Ramírez, M. J. Paul, and J. Meyer. 2002. Landscape variation in phosphorus concentration and effects on detritus-based tropical streams. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 278-289.

 

 

 

 

Thompson, J. , N. Brokaw, J. K. Zimmerman, R. B. Waide, E. M. Everham, III, D. J. Lodge, C. M. Taylor, D. García-Montiel, and M. Fluet. 2002. Land use history, environment, and tree composition in a tropical forest. Ecological Applications 12:1344-1363.

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Warren, M. , and X. M. Zou. 2002. Tree species effect on soil macrofauna in tropical tree plantations of Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 170: 161-171.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and G. Gonzalez. 2002. Earthworms in tropical tree plantations: Effects of management and relations with soil carbon and nutrient use efficiency. In: Management of Tropical Plantation Forests and their Soil Litter System. Chapter 11, page 289-301. M. V. Reddy (Editor). Science Publishers Inc. , Enfield, NH, USA.

2001
 

 

Bonn, B; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Valverde-Canossa, J. 2001. Secondary organic aerosol formation from natural and anthropogenic precursors, In Chemical, Physical and Biogenic Processes in the Atmosphere, notes from the 3rd COACh International school, pp. 242-252.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. 2001. A history of plant ecology in Belize. Journal of Belizean Affairs 3:1-39.

 

 

 

 

Camilo, G. R. and X. M. Zou. 2001. Soil fauna in managed forests: lessons from the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. In: The cutting edge: Conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest. Chapter 13, page 289-303. R. A. Fimble, A. Grajal, and J. G. Robinson (Editors). Columbia University Press, New York.

 

 

 

 

Clark, D. A. , S. Brown, D. Kicklighter, J. Q. Chambers, J. R. Thomlinson, J. Ni, and E. A. Holland. 2001. Net primary production in tropical forests: an evaluation and synthesis of existing field data. Ecological Applications 11: 371-384.

 

 

 

 

Clark, D. A. , S. Brown, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Q. Chambers, J. R. Thomlinson, J. Ni, and E. A. Holland. 2001. Net primary production in tropical forests: an evaluation and synthesis of existing field data. Ecological Archives A011-006.

 

 

 

 

Gonzalez, G. , R. E. Ley, S. K. Schmidt, X. M. Zou, and T. R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil fauna and microbial interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests. Oecologia 128: 549-556.

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Lelieveld, J. ; Crutzen, P. J. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Campos, T. ; Cass, G. R. ; Dickerson, R. R. , Fischer, H. ; de Gouw, J. A. ; Hansel, A. ; Jefferson, A. ; Kley, D. ; de Laat, A. T. J. ; Lal, S. ; Lawrence, M. G. ; Lobert, J. M. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Mitra, A. P. ; Novakov, T. ; Oltmans, S. J. ; Prather, K. A. ; Ramanathan, V. ; Reiner, T. ; Rodhe, H. ; Scheeren, H. A. ; Sikka, D. ; Smit, H. G. J. ; Williams, J. ; Zachariasse, M. 2001. The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread air pollution from South and Southeast Asia, Science, 291: 1031-1036

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López, T. del M. , T. M. Aide, and J. R. Thomlinson. 2001. Urban expansion and the loss of prime agricultural lands in Puerto Rico. Ambio 30:49-54.

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Lugo, A. E. , L. Miranda Castro, A. Vale, T. del M. López, E. Hernández Prieto, A. García Martinó, A. R. Puente Rolón, A. G. Tossas, D. A. McFarlane, T. Miller, A. Rodriguez, J. Lundberg, J. R. Thomlinson, J. Colón, J. H. Schellekens, O. Ramos, and E. Helmer. 2001. Puerto Rican karst – a vital resource. Forest Service General Technical Report WO-65, Washington, DC, USA.

 

 

 

 

Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Rosario, O. ; Corrigan, C. E. ; Morales, R. ; Torres, I. ; Pérez, V. 2001. Chemical characterization of submicron organic aerosols in the tropical trade winds of the Caribbean using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Atmospheric Environment. , 35:1735-1745.

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Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Gondwe, M. ; Kettle, A. J. 2001. Aerosols and climate, In Chemical, Physical and Biogenic Processes in the Atmosphere, notes from the 3rd COACh International school, pp. 262-271

 

 

 

 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J. and J. D. Ackerman. 2001. Density-dependent variation in breeding system and reproductive success in a terrestrial orchid. Plant Systematics and Evolution 227:27-36.

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Ortiz-Zayas, J. R. , Terrasa-Soler, J. J. , and Villarrubia-Cruz, J. 2001. Allocating water resources for water supply within a complex hydroelectric system: The case study of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Water Environmental Federation Technical Conference Latin America 2001 held from 11-14 November 2001 at Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, P. R.

 

 

 

 

Ortiz-Zayas, J. R. 2001. Water use, management, and limnology of the lower Río Culebrinas, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Sixth Caribbean Water Resources Congress held on 22-23 February 2001. Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico. Mayaguez Campus.

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. and C. M. Pringle. 2001. Spatial and temporal patterns of invertebrate drift in streams draining a Neotropical landscape. Freshwater Biology. 46: 47-62.

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Rosemond, A. D. , C. M. Pringle, A. Ramírez and M. J. Paul. 2001. A test of top-down and bottom-up control in a detritus-based food web. Ecology 82: 2279-2293.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. 2001. Directing the Arctic water to northwestern China: A solution for controlling dust storms. Chinese Journal of Ecology 20(2). In Chinese.

2000
 

 

Aide, T. M. , J. K. Zimmerman, J. Pascarella, L. Rivera, and H. Marcano-Vega. 2000. Forest regeneration in a chronosequence of tropical abandoned pastures: implications for restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 8:328-338.

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Brokaw, N. , and R. T. Busing. 2000. Niche versus chance and tree diversity in forest gaps. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15:183-188.

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Brokaw, N. , and J. Thompson. 2000. The H for DBH. Forest Ecology and Management 129:89-91.

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Godoy, R. , D. Wilkie, H. Overman, A. Cubas, G. Cubas, J. Demmer, K. McSweeney, and N. Brokaw. 2000. Valuation of consumption and sale of forest goods from a Central American rain forest. Nature 406:62-63.

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Meléndez-Ackerman E. J. , J. D. Ackerman and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 2000. Resource vs. pollen limitation in a nectar-producing orchid. Biotropica, 32:282-290

 

 

 

 

Novakov, T. ; Andreae, M. O. ; Gabriel, R. ; Kirchstetter, T. W. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. ; Ramanathan, V. 2000. Origin of carbonaceous aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean: Biomass burning or fossil fuels? Geophysical Research Letters. 27: 4061-4064

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Pascarella, J. B. , T. M. Aide, M. I. Serrano, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2000. Land use history and forest regeneration in the Cayey Mountains, Puerto Rico. Ecosystems 3:217-228.

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Ramírez, A. , D. R. Paulson and C. Esquivel. 2000. Odonata of Costa Rica: Diversity and checklist of species. Revista de Biología Tropical 48: 245-252.

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Ramírez, A. 2000. Dragonflies and damselflies of Costa Rican Cloud Forests, p. 97. In: N. Nadkarni and N. T. Wheelwright (Eds. ). Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

 

 

 

 

Rivera, L. W. , J. K. Zimmerman, and T. M. Aide. 2000. Forest recovery in abandoned agricultural lands in a karst region of the Dominican Republic. Plant Ecology 148:115-125.

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Slocum, M. , T. M. Aide, J. K. Zimmerman, and L. Navarro. 2000. La vegetación leñosa en helechales y bosques de ribera en la Reserva Científica Ébano Verde, República Dominicana. Moscosoa. 11:38-56.

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. , and L. Y. Rivera. 2000. Suburban growth in Luquillo, Puerto Rico: some consequences of development on natural and semi-natural systems. Landscape and Urban Planning 49:15-23.

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Zimmerman, J. K. , J. B. Pascarella, and T. M. Aide. 2000. Barriers to forest regeneration in an abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico. Restoration Ecology 8:350-360.

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1999
 

 

Agyeman, V.K., Swaine, M.D. and Thompson, J. 1999. A comparison of gap microclimates in two forest types in Ghana. Ghanaian Journal of Forestry 7:51-59.

 

 

 

 

Agyeman, V.K., Swaine, M.D. and Thompson, J. 1999. Responses of tropical forest tree seedlings to irradiance and the derivation of a light response index. Journal of Ecology 87 (5) 815-827.

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Brokaw, N. V. L. , and R. A. Lent. 1999. Vertical structure. Pages 373-399 in M. L. Hunter, Jr. (ed. ). Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.

 

 

 

 

Northup, R. R. , R. A. Dahlgren, T. M. Aide, and J. K. Zimmerman. 1999. Effect of plant polyphenols on the nitrogen cycle and implications for community structure. In Inderjit, K. M. M. Dakshini, and C. L. Foy (eds. ), Principles and practices in plant ecology: Allelochemical interactions, CRC Press, pp. 369-380.

 

 

 

 

Gonzalez, G. and X. M. Zou. 1999. Earthworm influence on N availability and the growth of Cecropia schreberiana in tropical pasture and forest soils. Pedobiologia 43: 824-829.

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Gonzalez, G. and X. M. Zou. 1999. Plant and litter influences on earthworm abundance and community structure in a tropical wet forest. Biotropica 31: 486-493.

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Gonzalez, G. , X. M. Zou, A. Sabat, and N. Fetcher. 1999. Earthworm abundance and distribution pattern in contrasting plant communities within a tropical wet forest. Caribbean Journal of Science 35: 93-100.

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Groffman, P. , E. Holland, D. Myrold, P. Robertson, and X. M. Zou. 1999. Denitrification. In: Standard soil methods for long‑term ecological research. Page 272-288. G. P. Robertson, D. C. Coleman, P. Sollins, and C. Bledsoe (Editors). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

 

 

 

 

Hendrix, P. F. , M. A. Callaham, Jr. , S. L. Lachnicht, J. M. Blair, S. W. James, and X. M. Zou. 1999. Stable isotopic studies of resource utilization by earthworms in Apalachicola National Forest, USA. Pedobiologia 43: 818-823.

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Hendrix, P. F. , S. L. Lachnicht, M. A. Callaham Jr. and X. M. Zou. 1999. Stable Isotopic Studies of Earthworm Feeding Ecology in Tropical Ecosystems of Puerto Rico. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13(13): 1295-1299.

 

 

 

 

Heneghan, L. , D. C. Coleman, D. A. Crossley, Jr. , and X. M. Zou. 1999. Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing chestnut oak (Quercus prinus L. ) in mesic temperate and tropical forests. Applied Soil Ecology 13: 169-175.

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Heneghan, L. , D. C. Coleman, X. M. Zou, D. A. Crossley, Jr. and B. L. Haines. 1999. Soil microarthropod contributions to decomposition dynamics: tropical-temperate comparisons of a single substrate. Ecology 80: 1873-1882.

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Kyereh, B., Swaine, M.D., and Thompson, J. 1999. Effect of light on the germination of forest trees in Ghana. Journal of Ecology 87: 772-783.

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Ramírez, A. and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 1999. The neotropical dragonfly genus Macrothemis: new larval descriptions and an evaluation of its generic status based on larval stages (Odonata:Libellulidae). Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18:66-72.

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Thomlinson, J. R. , P. V. Bolstad, and W. B. Cohen. 1999. Coordinating Methodologies for scaling land-cover classifications from site-specific to global: steps toward validating global map products. Remote Sensing of Environment 70:16-28.

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Whigham, D. F. , M. B. Dickinson, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1999. Background canopy gap and catastrophic wind disturbances in tropical forests. Pages 223-252 in L. R. Walker (ed. ). Ecosystems of the World 16: Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

1998
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1998. Cecropia schreberiana in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. The Botanical Review 64:91-120.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. 1998. Fragments past, present and future. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13:382-383.

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Brokaw, N. V. L. , A. A. Whitman, R. Wilson, J. M. Hagan, N. Bird, E. P. Mallory, L. K. Snook, P. J. Martins, D. Novelo, D. White, and E. Losos. 1998. Toward sustainable forestry in Belize. Pages 225-239 in R. B. Primack, D. Bray, H. A. Galletti, and I. Ponciano (eds. ). Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation and Development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Island Press, Washington, D. C.

 

 

 

 

 Fraver, S. , N. V. L. Brokaw, and A. P. Smith. 1998. Delimiting the gap phase in the growth cycle of a Panamanian forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14:673-681. 

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Godoy, R. , N. Brokaw, D. Wilkie, D. Colón, A. Palermo, S. Lye, and S. Wei. 1998. Of trade and cognition: markets and the loss of folk knowledge among the Tawahka Indians of the Honduran rain forest. Journal of Anthropological Research 54:219-233.

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Heneghan, L. , D. C. Coleman, X. M. Zou, D. A. Crossley, Jr. and B. L. Haines. 1998. Soil microarthropod community structure and litter decomposition dynamics: A study of tropical and temperate sites. Applied Soil Ecology 9:33-38.

 

 

 

 

Luizao, F.J., Proctor, J., Thompson, J., Luizao, R.C.C., Marrs, R.H., Scott, D.A. and Viana, V. 1998. Rain forest on Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil: soil and litter process response to artificial gaps. Forest Ecology and Management 102(2-3) 291-393

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Mayol-Bracero, O. L. Chemical and Physical Characterization of Submicron Organic Aerosols in the Tropical Trade Winds in the Caribbean, Ph. D. Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, May 1998.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and W. H. Wagner. 1988. A preliminary review of Botrychium in China. American Fern Journal 78:122‑135.

 

 

 

 

Meléndez-Ackerman E. J. , D. R. Campbell. 1998. Adaptive significance of flower color and inter-trait correlations in an Ipomopsis hybrid zone. Evolution 52:1293-1303.

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Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. and A. Ramírez. 1998. The larva of Macrothemis inacuta (Odonata: Libellulidae). Entomological News 109: 301-306.

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Ortiz-Zayas, J. R. 1998. The metabolism of the Rio Mameyes, Puerto Rico: Carbon fluxes in a tropical rain forest stream. Ph. D. Dissertation. Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology. University of Colorado at Boulder. 342 p.

 

 

 

 

Ortiz-Zayas, J. R. 1988. Limnology of the tropical lake “Santuario de Aves” in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. BASE Journal. Alin Foundation Press. 7(1):21-25.

 

 

 

 

Paaby, P. , A. Ramírez and C. M. Pringle. 1998. The benthic macroinvertebrate community in Caribbean Costa Rican streams and the effect of sampling methods. Revista de Biología Tropical 46: 185-199.

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Pringle, C. M. and A. Ramírez. 1998. Use of both benthic and drift sampling techniques to assess tropical stream invertebrate communities along an altitudinal gradient, Costa Rica. Freshwater Biology 39: 359-373.

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Ramírez, A. , P. Paaby, C. M. Pringle and G. Agüero. 1998. Effect of habitat type on benthic macroinvertebrates in two tropical lowland streams, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 46: 201-213.

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Ramírez, A. and C. M. Pringle. 1998. Invertebrate drift and benthic community dynamics in a lowland neotropical stream, Costa Rica. Hydrobiologia 386: 19-26.

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Ramírez, A. and C. M. Pringle. 1998. Structure and production of a benthic insect assemblage in a neotropical stream. Journal of North American Benthological Society 17: 443-463.

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Rosemond, A. D. , C. M. Pringle and A. Ramírez. 1998. Macroconsumer effects on insect detritivores and detritus processing in a tropical stream. Freshwater Biology 39: 515-524.

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Thompson, J., Proctor, J., Scott, D.A., Fraser, P.J., Marrs, R.H., Miller, R.P. and Viana,V. (1998). Rain forest on Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil: artificial gaps and plant response to them. Forest Ecology and Management 102(2-3): 305-321.

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Tremblay, R. , J. K. Zimmerman, L. Lebrón, P. Bayman, I. Sastré, J. Alers. 1998. Host specificity and low reproductive success in a rare endemic Puerto Rican orchid, Lepanthes caritensis. Biological Conservation 85:297-304.

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Tsegaye, T. D. , T. L. Coleman, Z. N. Senwo, D. A. Schaefer, and X. M. Zou. 1998. Effect of land-use practice on soil moisture variability for soils covered with dense forest vegetation of Puerto Rico. In: NASA University Research Center Technical Advances in Aeronautics, Space Sciences and Technology, Earth Systems Sciences, Global Hydrology, and Education. Volume II, page 95‑101. T. L. Coleman, B. White, and S. Goodman (Editors). HSCaRS, Alabama A& M University, Normal, AL, USA.

 

 

 

 

Waide, R. B. , J. K. Zimmerman, and F. N. Scatena. 1998. Controls of primary productivity: lessons from the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico. Ecology (Special Feature) 79:31-37.

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Whitman, A. A. , J. M. Hagan, III, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1998. Effects of selection logging on birds in northern Belize. Biotropica 30:449-457.

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Zou, X. M. and M. Bashkin. 1998. Soil carbon accretion and earthworm recovery following revegetation in abandoned sugarcane fields. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:825-830.

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1997
 

 

Ackerman, J. D. , E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman and J. Salguero-Faría. 1997. Variation in pollinator abundance and selection on floral phenotypes in an epiphytic orchid. American Journal of Botany 84: 1383-1390.

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Brokaw, N. V. L. , J. S. Grear, K. J. Tripplett, A. A. Whitman, and E. P. Mallory. 1997 The Quebrada de Oro forest of Belize: exceptional structure and high species richness. Tropical Ecology 38:247-258.

 

 

 

 

Campbell, D. R. , N. M. Waser and E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman. 1997. Analysis of selection in a plant hybrid zone: pollinator preference at three spatial scales. American Naturalist 149:295-315.

 

 

 

 

Godoy, R. , K. O'Neill, S. Groff, P. Kostishack, A. Cubas, J. Demmer, K. McSweeney, J. Overman, D. Wilkie, N. Brokaw, and M. Martínez. 1997. Household determinants of deforestation by Amerindians in Honduras. World Development 25:977-987.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Meléndez-Ackerman E. J. , D. R. Campbell and N. M. Waser. 1997. Hummingbird behavior and mechanisms of selection on flower color in Ipomopsis. Ecology 78: 2532-2541

 

 

 

 

Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J. 1997. Natural color and nectar variation across an Ipomopsis hybrid zone. American Journal of Botany 84: 41-47.

 

 

 

 

Myster, R. W. , J. R. Thomlinson, and M. C. Larsen. 1997. Predicting landslide vegetation in patches on landscape gradients in Puerto Rico. Landscape Ecology 12:299-307.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Novakov, T. ; Corrigan, C. E. ; Penner, J. E. ; Chuang, C. C. ; Rosario, O. ; Mayol-Bracero, O. L. 1997 Organic aerosols in the Caribbean trade winds: A natural source? Journal of Geophysical Research Letters 102: 21307-21313

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1997. Lista de especies costarricenses del orden Odonata (Insecta) de las que se conoce la náyade. Revista de Biología Tropical 44/45: 225-232.

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1997. Description and natural history of the Costa Rican Odonata larvae. V: Alan and Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782) (Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae). Odonatologica 26: 75-81.

 

 

 

 

Schaefer, D. A. , T. M. Aide, J. D. Chinea, N. Fetcher, M. Keller, S. Molina, J. A. Molinelli, J. R. Thomlinson, G. A. Toranzos, R. B. Waide, B. R. Weiner, J. K. Zimmerman, and X. M. Zou. 1997. Land management in the tropics and its effects on global environment: the NASA institutional research award. In: NASA ACE Center Series: Proceedings of the NASA University Research Center Technical Conference. Volume I, page 665‑670. M. Jamshidi, R. Lumia, E. Tunstel, Jr. , B. White, J. Malone, and P. Sakimoto (Editors). NASA ACE Center Press, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

 

 

 

 

Swaine, M.D., Agyeman, V.K., Kyereh, B., Orgle, T.K., Thompson, J. and Veenendaal, E.M. 1997. Ecology of forest trees in Ghana. ODA Forestry Series 7, Department for International Development (formerly the Overseas Development Administration), London.

 

 

 

 

Tackaberry, R. , N. Brokaw, M. Kellman, and E. Mallory. 1997. Estimating species richness in tropical forest: the missing species extrapolation technique. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:449-458.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Whitman, A. A. , N. V. L. Brokaw, and J. M. Hagan, III. 1997. Forest damage caused by selection logging of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in northern Belize. Forest Ecology and Management 92:87-96.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Whitman, A. A. , J. M. Hagan, III, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1997. A comparison of two bird survey techniques used in a subtropical forest. Condor 99:955-965.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and G. Gonzalez. 1997. Changes in earthworm density and community structure during secondary succession in abandoned tropical pastures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:627-629.

Abstract

 

1996 

 

Ackerman, J. D. , A. Sabat, and J. K. Zimmerman. 1996. Seedling establishment in an epiphytic orchid: an experimental study of seed limitation. Oecologia 106:192-198.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

 

Aide, T. M. , J. K. Zimmerman, M. Rosario, and H. Marcano. 1996. Forest recovery in abandoned cattle pastures along an elevation gradient in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 28:537-548.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Everham, E. M. , III, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1996. Forest damage and recovery from catastrophic wind. The Botanical Review 62:113-185.

Abstract

 

 

Godoy, R. , N. Brokaw, D. Wilkie, G. Cruz, A. Cubas, J. Demmer, K. McSweeney, H. Overman. 1996. Rates of return on investments in cattle among Amerindians of the rain forest of Honduras. Human Ecology 24:395-399.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Gonzalez, G. , X. M. Zou, S. Borges. 1996. Earthworm abundance and species richness in abandoned tropical croplands: comparisons between tree plantations and secondary forests. Pedobiologia 40:385-391.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1996. Six new dragonfly larvae of the family Gomphidae in Costa Rica, with a key to the Central American genera (Anisoptera). Odonatologica 25: 145-158.

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. 1996. Predicting status change in Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity-tree clusters. J. Wildlife Management 60:350-354.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. , F. N. Scatena, D. A. Schaefer, and R. B. Waide. 1996.  Regionalization of the Luquillo Experimental Forest LTER Site. LTER Coordinating Committee Meeting, Petersham, MA, Oct 4-5.

http://atlantic.evsc.virginia.edu/regionalization/luq.html 

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R, M. I. Serrano, T. del M. Lopez, T. M. Aide, and J. K. Zimmerman. 1996. Land-use dynamics in a post-agricultural Puerto Rican landscape (1936-1988). Biotropica 28: 525-536.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Walker, L. R. , J. K. Zimmerman, D. J. Lodge, and S. Guzmán-Grajales. 1996. An elevational comparison of growth and species composition in hurricane-damaged forests in Puerto Rico. Journal of Ecology 84: 877-889.

 

 

 

 

Walker, L. R. , W. L. Silver, M. R. Willig, and J. K. Zimmerman (eds. ). 1996. Special issue: Long-term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance. Biotropica.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. , M. R. Willig, L. R. Walker, and W. L. Silver. 1996. Introduction: Disturbance and Caribbean ecosystems. Biotropica 28:414-423.

Abstract

1995
 

 

Aide, T. M. , J. K. Zimmerman, L. J. Herrera, M. A. Rosario, M. I. Serrano. 1995. Forest recovery in abandoned tropical pastures in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 77-86.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

De la Rosa C. and A. Ramírez. 1995. A note on phototactic behavior and on phoretic associations in larvae of Mecistogaster ornata Rambur from northern Costa Rica (Pseudostigmatidae, Zygoptera). Odonatologica 24: 219-224.

 

 

 

 

Godoy, R. , N. Brokaw, and D. Wilkie. 1995. The effect of income on the extraction of non-timber tropical forest products: model, hypotheses, and preliminary findings from the Sumu Indians of Nicaragua. Human Ecology 23:29-52.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Mayol, O. ; Rosario, O. ; Blanco, R. ; Colón, I. 1995. Evaluation of a continuous composite sampler for volatile organic compounds in water, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 60: 221-237.  

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1995. Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. IV: Mecistogaster ornata (Rambur, 1842) (Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae). Bulletin of American Odonatology 3: 43-47.

 

 

 

 

Soil Survey Staff (H. Mount, W. Lynn, R. Vick, B. Dubee, X. M. Zou and J. Davis). 1995. Order 1 soil survey of the Luquillo long‑term ecological research grid Puerto Rico. USDA‑NRCS, Lincoln, NE, USA.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Tate, C. A. and J. R. Ortiz-Zayas 1995 Inventory of Biological Investigations Related to Stream Water Quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1981-1994. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-379, p. 12.

 

 

 

 

Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. and A. Ramírez. 1995 The larvae of Neocordulia batesi longipollex Calvert, 1909 (Odonata: Cordulidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103: 180-184.

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. 1995. Landscape characteristics associated with active and abandoned Red-cockaded Woodpecker clusters in east Texas. Wilson Bulletin 107:603-614.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Thomlinson, J. R. 1995. Endangered species habitat identification from space: an example from the southern United States coastal plain. Proc. Conference for Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring for the Sustained Development of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 21-22. 

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. , Aide, T. M. , L. J. Herrera, M. A. Rosario, M. I. Serrano. 1995. Effects of land management and a recent hurricane on forest structure and composition in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 77:65-76.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. , W. Pullium, D. J. Lodge, V. Quiñones, N. Fetcher, R. B. Waide, S. Guzmán, J. A. Parrotta, C. E. Asbury, and L. R. Walker. 1995. Nitrogen immobilization by decomposing woody debris and the recovery of tropical wet forest from hurricane damage. Oikos 72:316-322.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. 1995. Plant influence on phosphorus biogeochemical cycling. In: Advances in soil and plant nutrition research. Page 170-184. F. S. Zhang, Y. S. Gong, and X. L. Li (Editors). Chinese Agriculture Press, Beijing.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. , C. Zucca, R. Waide, and W. McDowell. 1995. Long‑term influence of deforestation on tree species composition and litter dynamics of a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 78:147‑157.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. , D. Binkley and B. Caldwell. 1995. Effects of dinitrogen fixing trees on phosphorus biogeochemical cycling in contrasting forests. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59:1452‑1458.

Abstract

1994
 

 

Ackerman, J. D. , J. A. Rodríguez-Robles and E. J. Meléndez. 1994. A meager nectar offering by an epiphytic orchid is better than nothing. Biotropica 26: 44-49.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Atkinson, S. F. and J. R. Thomlinson. 1994. An examination of ground water pollution potential through GIS modeling. Pages 71-80 in ASPRS/ASCM Annual Convention and Exposition. Volume 1: ASPRS Technical Papers.

 

 

 

 

Marrs, R.H., Thompson, J., Scott, D.A. and Proctor, J. 1994 Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in terra firme forest and savanna soils on Maracá Island. The Rain Forest Edge: Plant and Soil Ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil (ed. J. Hemming). Manchester University Press, Manchester. Pp. 46-62.

 

 

 

 

Meléndez E. J. and J. D. Ackerman. 1994. Factors associated with a rust infection in an epiphytic orchid. American Journal of Botany 18: 287-293.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Kellman, M. , Tackaberry, R. , N. Brokaw, and J. Meave. 1994. Tropical gallery forests. Research and Exploration 10:92-103.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Mount, H. , W. Lynn, R. Vick, B. Dubee, and X. M. Zou. 1994. Mapping a long‑term ecological research area in Puerto Rico. Soil Survey Horizons 35:111‑121.

 

 

 

 

Ramírez-Ulate, A. and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 1994. Megapodagrionidae (Odonata, Zygoptera) de Mexico y Centro América I: Las náyades de Philogenia carrillica, P. peacockiy P. terraba. Acta Zoológica Mexicana 63: 61-73.

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1994. Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. III: Gynacantha tibiata (Karsch, 1891) (Anisoptera; Aeshnidae). Bulletin of American Odonatology 2: 9-14.

 

 

 

 

Ramírez, A. 1994. Descripción e historia natural de las náyades de odonatos de Costa Rica. II: Archilestes neblina (Garrison,1982) (Odonata, Lestidae), con una clave para las especies del género en Costa Rica. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 90: 9-16.

 

 

 

 

Thompson, J., Proctor, J. and Scott, D.A. 1994. A semi‑evergreen forest on Maracá Island. I. Physical environment, forest structure and floristics. The Rain Forest Edge: Plant and Soil Ecology of Maracá Island, Brazil (ed. J. Hemming). Manchester University Press, Manchester. Pp. 19-29.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. , E. M. Everham, III, R. B. Waide, D. J. Lodge, C. M. Taylor, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1994. Responses of tree species to hurricane winds in subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico: implications for tropical tree life histories. Journal of Ecology 82:911-922.

Abstract

1993
 

 

Dennehy, K. F. and J. R. Ortiz-Zayas 1993. Bibliography of Water-Related Studies: South Platte River Basin – Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-106, p. 278.

 

 

 

 

Mayol-Bracero, O. L. Evaluation of a Continuous Composite Sampler for Volatile Organic Compounds in Water, MS Thesis, University of Puerto Rico, November, 1993.

 

 

 

 

Meléndez E. J. and J. D. Ackerman. 1993. The effects of a rust infection on fitness components in a natural population of Tolumnia variegata (Orchidaceae). Ecologia 94: 361-367.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Sepulveda, N. and J. R. Ortiz-Zayas 1993. The geomorphic unit hydrographs for two stream networks of a basin. IN H. J. Morel-Seytoux, ed. , Hydrology Days. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual American Geophysical Union. March 30 – April 2, 1993. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. pp. 299-314.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. 1993. Hurricanes. Forest Ecology and Management 60:171‑172.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. 1993. Tree species effects on earthworm density in tropical tree plantations in Hawaii. Biology and Fertility of Soils 15:35‑38.

1992
 

 

Ramírez, A. 1992. Description and natural history of Costa Rican dragonfly larvae. I: Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886 (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Odonatologica 21: 361-365.

 

 

 

 

Rodríguez-Robles, J. A. , E. J. Meléndez and J. D. Ackerman. 1992. Effects of display size, flowering phenology and nectar availability on effective visitation frequency in Comparettia falcata (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 79: 1009-1017.

 

 

 

 

Scott, D.A., Proctor, J. and Thompson, J. 1992 Ecological studies on a lowland evergreen rain forest on Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil. II. Litter and nutrient cycling. Journal of Ecology 80: 705-717.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Thompson, J., Proctor, J., Viana, V., Milliken, W., Ratter, J.A. and Scott, D.A. 1992. Ecological studies on a lowland evergreen rain forest on Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil. I. Physical environment, forest structure and leaf chemistry. Journal of Ecology 80: 689-703.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and D. F. Whigham. 1992. Ecological functions of carbohydrates stored in corms of Tipularia discolor (Orchidaceae). Functional Ecology 6:575-581.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and I. C. Olmsted. 1992. Host tree utilization by vascular epiphytes in a seasonally-inundated forest (tintal) in México. Biotropica 24:402-407.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and D. Binkley. 1992. Effects of tree species biogeochemistry on soil fertility. In: Advances in Modern Ecology. Page 65‑72. J. Liu (Editor). Chinese Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China. In Chinese.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. , D. Binkley and K. Doxtader. 1992. A new method for estimating gross phosphorus mineralization and immobilization rates in soils. Plant and Soil 147:243‑250.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. , C. Theiss and B. V. Barnes. 1992. Pattern of Kirtland's Warbler occurrence in relation to the landscape structure of its summer habitat in northern Lower Michigan. Landscape Ecology 6:221‑231.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. , D. W. Valentine, R. L. Sanford and D. Binkley. 1992. Resin‑core and buried‑bag estimates of nitrogen transformations in Costa Rican lowland rainforests. Plant and Soil 139:275‑283.

1991
 

 

Atkinson, S. F. and J. R. Thomlinson. 1991. The use of geological data in unsupervised habitat classification with satellite imagery. Pages 1297-1308 in Proc. Eighth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, Volume II.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. , and J. S. Grear. 1991. Forest structure before and after Hurricane Hugo at three elevations in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 23:386-392.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. , and L. R. Walker. 1991. Summary of the effects of Caribbean hurricanes on vegetation. Biotropica 23:442-447.

Abstract

 

 

 

 

Kuehl, M. C. , J. K. Zimmerman, and T. Philippi. 1991. Commitment of meristems to growth and reproduction in Buckhorn Cholla (Cactaceae). Southwestern Naturalist 36:338-340.

 

 

 

 

Marrs, R.H., Thompson, J. and Scott, D. and Proctor, J. 1991. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in terra firme forest and savanna soils on the Ilhe de Maracá, Roraima, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 7:123-137.

 

 

 

 

Walker, L. R. , N. V. L. Brokaw, D. J. Lodge, and R. B. Waide (eds. ). 1991. Special Issue: Ecosystem, Plant, and Animal Responses to Hurricanes in the Caribbean. Biotropica 23:313-521.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. 1991. Ecological correlates of labile sex expression in the orchid Catasetum viridiflavum. Ecology 72:597-608.

1990
 

 

Aide, T. M. and J. K. Zimmerman. 1990. Patterns of insect herbivory, growth, and survivorship in juveniles of a Neotropical liana. Ecology 71:1412-1421.

 

 

 

 

Ortiz-Zayas, J. R. 1990. Limnology of the tropical lake “Santuario de Aves” in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Junge Wissenschaft, Heft 16: 18-22.

 

 

 

 

Rodríguez-Robles J. A. , J. D. Ackerman and E. J. Meléndez. 1990. Host distribution and hurricane damage to an orchid population at Toro Negro Forest, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 26: 163-164.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and J. R. Ehleringer. 1990. Carbon isotope ratios are correlated with irradiance levels in the Panamanian orchid Catasetum viridiflavum. Oecologia 83:247-249.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. 1990. Role of pseudobulbs in growth and flowering of Catasetum viridiflavum (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 77:533-542.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and R. L. Sanford. 1990. Agroforestry systems in China: a survey and classification. Agroforestry Systems 11:85‑94.

1989
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. , and S. M. Scheiner. 1989. Species composition in gaps and structure of a tropical forest. Ecology 70:538-541.

 

 

 

 

Putz, F. E. , and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1989. Sprouting of broken trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Ecology 70:508-512.

 

 

 

 

Torres-Sierra, H. , E. Colon, and J. R. Ortiz-Zayas1989. US Virgin Islands: Floods and droughts. IN W. Paulson, E. B. Chase, R. S. Roberts, and D. W. Moody, compilers. National Water Summary 1988-89; Hydrologic Events - Floods and Droughts. US Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2375, pp. 521-526.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. , D. W. Roubik, and J. D. Ackerman. 1989. Asynchronous phenologies of a Neotropical orchid and its euglossine bee pollinator. Ecology 70:1192-1195.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and T. M. Aide. 1989. Patterns of fruit production in a neotropical orchid: pollinator vs. resource limitation. American Journal of Botany 76:67-73.

1988
 

 

Fisher, B. F. and J. K. Zimmerman. 1988. Ant/orchid associations in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama. Lindleyana 3:12-16.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and S. Madriñán. 1988. Age structure of male Euglossa imperialis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) at nectar and fragrance sources in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology4:303-306.

1987
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1987. Gap-phase regeneration of three pioneer tree species in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 75:9-19.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1987. Algunos aspectos importantes en el estudio de la demografía de plantas en los bosques tropicales. Revista de Biología Tropical 35:205-206.

1986
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1986. Seed dispersal, gap colonization, and the case of Cecropia insignis. Pages 323-331 in A. Estrada and T. H. Fleming (eds. ). Frugivory and Seed Dispersal. Dr. W Junk, The Hague.

 

 

 

 

Zou, X. M. and H. Ruan. 1986. A survey of forest vegetation in Jiangshi, Fujian province. Journal of Nanjing Forestry University 13(3): 44‑65. In Chinese.

1985
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1985. Gap-phase regeneration in a tropical forest. Ecology 66:682-687.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1985. Treefalls, regrowth, and community structure in tropical forests. Pages 53-69 in S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White (eds. ). The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press, New York.

1984
 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and I. M. Weis. 1984. Factors affecting survivorship, growth, and fruit production in a beach population of Xanthium strumarium. Canadian Journal of Botany 62:2122‑2127.

1983
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1983. Groundlayer dominance and the apparent inhibition of tree regeneration by Aechmea magdalenae (Bromeliaceae) in a tropical forest. Tropical Ecology 24:194-200.

 

 

 

 

Proctor, J., Fraser, M.W. and Thompson, J. 1983. Salt marshes of the Upper Forth Estuary. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 44:95-102.

 

 

 

 

Robinson, W. R. , R. H. Peters, and J. Zimmerman. 1983. The effects of body size and temperature on metabolic rate of organisms. Canadian Journal Zoology 61:281‑288.

 

 

 

 

Thompson, J. and Proctor, J. 1983 Vegetation and soil factors on a heavy metal mine spoil heap. New Phytologist 94: 297‑308.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and I. M. Weis. 1983. Fruit size variation and its effects on germination and seedling growth in Xanthium strumarium. Canadian Journal of Botany 61:2309‑2315.

1982
 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1982. The definition of treefall gap and its effect onmeasures of forest dynamics. Biotropica 14:158-160.

 

 

 

 

Brokaw, N. V. L. 1982. Treefalls: frequency, timing, and consequences. Pages 101-108 in E. G. Leigh, A. S. Rand, and D. M. Windsor (eds. ). The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long-term Changes. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.

 

 

 

 

Foster, R.B, Brokaw N. V. 1982. Structure and history of the vegetation of Barro Colorado Island. Pages 67-81. In. E.G. Leigh, Jr., A.S. Randy D.M. Windsor (eds). The ecology of a tropical forest. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

 

Karr, J. R. , D. W. Schemske, and N. V. L. Brokaw. 1982. Temporal variation of the undergrowth bird community in a tropical forest. Pages 441-453 In. E.G. Leigh, Jr., A.S. Randy D.M. Windsor (eds). The ecology of a tropical forest. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

 

Zimmerman, J. K. and M. J. Lechowicz. 1982. Responses to moisture stress in male and female plants of Rumex acetosella. Oecologia 53:305‑309.

1981
 

 

Schemske, D. W. , and N. Brokaw. 1981. Treefalls and the distribution of understory birds in a tropical forest. Ecology 62:938-945.

1979
 

Garwood, N. C. , D. P. Janos, and N. Brokaw. 1979. Earthquake-caused landslides: a major disturbance to tropical forests. Science 140:997-999.



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