Progress in understanding changes in soil biology in response to latitude, elevation and
disturbance gradients has generally lagged behind studies of above-ground plants and …

Food webs are complex ecological networks that reveal species interactions and energy
flow in ecosystems. Prevailing ecological knowledge on forested streams suggests that their …

As is true of many tropical regions, northeastern Puerto Rico is an ecologically sensitive
area with biological life that is highly elevation dependent on precipitation and temperature …

Tropical montane forests (TMF) are associated with a widely observed suite of
characteristics encompassing forest structure, plant traits and biogeochemistry. With respect …

We present results from 20-year “high-resolution” regional climate model simulations of
precipitation change for the sub-tropical island of Puerto Rico. The Japanese Meteorological …

Decaying wood is related to nutrient cycling through its role as either a sink or source of
nutrients. However, at micro scales, what is the effect of decaying logs on the physical …

The majority of ecological studies in the tropics deal with organisms participating in grazing
food webs, while few deal with the diversity of invertebrates in the soil, leaf litter or dead …

Forest decline is an important and complicated phenomenon that happened in most world
oak forests. This research aims at the determination of mortality rate, the volume of …

This work presents basic information on tropical lichenology. It also describes general
aspects about the ecology and biodiversity of these organisms in eight forest ecosystems …

Spatial and temporal variability in the climate of the Luquillo Mountains of eastern Puerto
Rico is influenced by large-scale movements of air masses, extreme events, and regional …