Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

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Ecosystem Ecology and Forest Dynamics Nalini M. Nadkarni Robert O. Lawton Kenneth L. Clark Teri J. Matelson Doug Schaefer The ea ...

the major vehicle for facilitating research, which gen- erally fostered small-scale, low-budget science. There- fore, only those ...

port in the xylem from root to canopy, and result in nutrient-starved leaves (Odum 1970, Leigh 1975). These hypotheses implicate ...

Figure 9.1. The distribution of forest types along the crest of the central Cordillera deTilaran. CO, leeward cove forest; LC, l ...

Figure 9.2. (above) Profile diagram from a representa- tive 10 x 40 m plot at the foot of the windward slope in the central part ...

The elfin forest pioneer, Didymopanax pittieri, has a distinctive growth form (Leeuwenberg's architec- ture; sensu Halle et al. ...

Figure 9.4. Topographic map of the study watershed on Cerros Centinelas. The Penas Blancas headwall cliff is immediately east of ...

on the forest floor but rather remain intact, the trunk suspended well above the ground. This often results in exuberant growth ...

Figure 9.5. (top) Gap 237, in the taller forest in the ravine bottom of the Cerros Centinelas study watershed. A 1.5-m- DBH (dia ...

Figure 9.7. Gap 206, in the taller cloud forest in the upper portion of the ravine of the Cerros Centinelas study watershed. A D ...

age and with gap area (Lawton and Putz 1988). In 10-m^2 gaps, leaf area recovers to 50% of the mature phase leaf area index of 5 ...

Figure 9.8. Map of study site in Monteverde. Small circle indicates the field station of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. B ...

to the canopy microhabitat (Longino and Nadkarni 1990). This arboreal soil is often permeated by roots and absorptive structures ...