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Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P J Bellingham ,
V Kapos ,
N Varty ,
J R Healey ,
E V J Tanner ,
D L Kelly ,
J W Dalling ,
L S Burns ,
D Lee  and
G Sidrak
P J Bellingham
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK
V Kapos
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
N Varty
Affiliation:
International Council for Bird Preservation, 32 Cambridge Rd, Girton, Cambs, CB3 OPJ, UK
J R Healey
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK
E V J Tanner
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
D L Kelly
Affiliation:
Botany Department, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Republic of Ireland
J W Dalling
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
L S Burns
Affiliation:
Department of Conservation, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
D Lee
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Kingston, Jamaica
G Sidrak
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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Keywords

Hurricane GilbertJamaicamontane foresttree damagetree mortality

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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 217 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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