Luquillo Experimental Forest

U.S. LTER Network Luquillo Experimental Forest near San Juan, Puerto Rico

Institutional affiliations: Center for Energy and Environment Research, University of Puerto Rico; Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Southern Experiment Station.

Principal biome/main communities: Tropical rainforest. Tabonuco forest; palo Colorado forest; palm brake; dwarf forest and montane streams.

Research topics: Patterns of and ecosystem response to different patterns of disturbance; land-stream interactions; effect of management on ecosystem properties; integration of ecosystem models and geographic information systems.

Site Coordinates: 18.3, -65.8

Site Principal Investigators

ARIEL E. LUGO	D. JEAN LODGE
International Institute of Tropical Forestry USDA Forest Service P.O. Box 25000 Rio Piedras, P.R. 00928-5000 809/766-5335, ext. 26 aLugo@LTERnet.edu	USDA - Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory Center for Forest Mycology Research PO Box 1377 Luquillo, PR 00773-1377 (787) 889-7445 FAX: (787) 889-7477 DJLodge@coqui.net DLodge@lternet.edu
JESS K. ZIMMERMAN
Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies P.O. Box 363682 San Juan, PR 00936 809/767-0350 or 0334 jZimmerman@LTERnet.edu

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