114 Jess K. Zimmermanetal.
on the manuscript. Helene Muller-Landau, Egbert
Leigh, and Walter Carson deserve special thanks
for their help with this manuscript. Preparation
of this chapter was supported by the Luquillo
Long-Term Ecological Research Program, which
is funded by the National Science Foundation,
the University of Puerto Rico, and the USDA
Forest Service’s International Institute of Tropi-
cal Forestry. The CTFS kindly provided Table 7.1.
Jess Zimmerman developed this chapter while
serving at the National Science Foundation. Any
opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommen-
dations expressed in this chapter are those of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the National Science Foundation. Jill Thompson
workedonthischapterwhileinreceiptof aBullard
Fellowshi pat Harvard Forest.
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