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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

		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)

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		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.

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		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.

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		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.

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		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.

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		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.

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		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.

		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 Abstract

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		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. Abstract

		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.

		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. Abstract

		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.

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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. Abstract

		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.

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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