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Silver, W. L, J. Thompson, D.J. Herman, and M. K Firestone. 2011. “Is There Evidence For Limitations To Nitrogen Mineralization In Upper Montane Tropical Forests?”. In Forests in the Mist: Science for Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests, Forests in the Mist: Science for Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests, L.A. Bruijnzeel, Scantena, F. N, and Hamilton, L.S. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 418-427. http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511778384&cid=CBO9780511778384A059.

Page, T.J., K.S. Torati, B.D. Cook, A. Binderup, C.M. Pringle, S. Reuschl, C.D. Schubart, and J.M. Hughes. 2013. “Invertébrés Sans Frontières: Large Scales Of Connectivity Of Selected Freshwater Species Among Caribbean Islands”. Biotropica 45(2): 236-244. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00900.x/full.

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Waide, R. B, D.E. Comarazamy, J.E. González, C.A.S. Hall, A.E. Lugo, J.C. Luvall, S.F. Murphy, J. Ortiz-Zayas, N.D. Ramírez-Beltrán, and F.N. Scatena. 2013. “Climate Variability At Multiple Spatial And Temporal Scales In The Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico”. In Ecological Gradient Analyses in a Tropical Landscape, Ecological Gradient Analyses in a Tropical Landscape, W. L Silver. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/47262.

Muscarella, R., M. Uriarte, J. Forero-Montana, L.S. Comita, N. G Swenson, J. Thompson, C. Nytch, I. Jonckheere, and J. K Zimmerman. 2013. “Life-History Trade-Offs During The Seed-To-Seedling Transition In A Subtropical Wet Forest Community”. Journal of Ecology 101: 171-182. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12027/full.

Ping, C.L., G.J. Michaelson, C.A. Stiles, and G. González. 2013. “Soil Characteristics, Carbon Stores, And Nutrients Distribution In Eight Forest Types Along An Elevation Gradient, Eastern Puerto Rico”. In Ecological Bulletins, Ecological Bulletins, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 67-86. http://data.fs.usda.gov/research/pubs/iitf/BC_EB54-10_Ping_et_al.pdf.

Medina, E., G. González, and M.M. Rivera. 2013. “Spatial And Temporal Heterogeneity Of Rainfall Inorganic Ion Composition In Northeastern Puerto Rico”. In Ecological Bulletins 54: Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape, Ecological Bulletins 54: Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape, Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 157–167. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/47154.

Argerich, A., A.H. Johnson, S.D. Sebestyen, C.C. Rhoades, E. Greathouse, J.D. Knoepp, M.B. Adams, G.E. Likens, J.L. Campbell, W. H McDowell, F. N Scantena, and G.G. Ice. 2013. “Trends In Stream Nitrogen Concentrations For Forested Reference Catchments Across The Usa”. Environmental Research Letters 8(2013): 1-8. http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/1/014039.

González, G., and M.M. Luce. 2013. “Woody Debris Characterization Along An Elevation Gradient In Northeastern Puerto Rico”. In Ecological Bulletins 54: Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape, Ecological Bulletins 54: Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape, Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 181-193. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/47286.

Myster, Randall W. 2012. “A Refined Methodology For Defining Plant Communities Using Post-Agricultural Data From The Neotropics”. The Scientific World Journal 2012: 1-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317650/pdf/TSWJ2012-365409.pdf.

M. Zalamea, G. González, and W.A. Gould. 2012. “Comparing Litterfall And Standing Vegetation: Assessing The Footprint Of Litterfall Traps, Tropical Forests, Dr. Padmini Sudarshana”. In , 21-36. http://www.intechopen.com/books/tropical-forests/comparing-litterfall-and-standing-vegetation-assessing-the-footprint-of-litterfall-traps.

González, G., C.M. Murphy, and J. Belen. 2012. “Direct And Indirect Effects Of Millipedes On The Decay Of Litter Of Varying Lignin Content, Tropical Forests”. In Tropical Forests, Tropical Forests, Rio Piedras: USDA FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF), 37-50. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/41434.

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McDowell, W. H, F. N Scantena, R. B Waide, N. V. L. Brokaw, G. Camilo, A. Covich, A.T. Crowl, G. González, E. Greathouse, P.D. Klawinski, D. J Lodge, A. E Lugo, C.M. Pringle, B. Richardson, B. Richardson, D.A. Schaefer, W. L Silver, J. Thompson, D. Vogt, D. Vogt, M. R Willig, Lawrence L Woolbright, X. M Zou, and J. K Zimmerman. 2012. “Geographic And Ecological Setting Of The Luquillo Mountains”. In A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, N. V. L. Brokaw, Crowl, A.T., Lugo, A. E, McDowell, W. H, Scantena, F. N, Waide, R. B, and Willig, M. R. Oxford: University Press, 72-161. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/42062.

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Willig, M. R, C.P. Bloch, A. Covich, C.A.S. Hall, D. J Lodge, A. E Lugo, W. L Silver, R. B Waide, L. A Walker, and J. K Zimmerman. 2012. “Long-Term Research In The Luquillo Mountains: Synthesis And Foundations For The Future”. In A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, N. V. L. Brokaw, Crowl, A.T., Lugo, A. E, McDowell, W. H, Scantena, F. N, Waide, R. B, and Willig, M. R. New York, NY.: Oxford University Press, 361-441. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/42108.

Uriarte, M., D. A Clark, L.S. Comita, J. Thompson, J. K Zimmerman, and J. Forero-Montana. 2012. “Multidimensional Trade-Offs In Species Responses To Disturbance: Implications For Successional Diversity In A Subtropical Forest”. Ecology 93(1): 191-205. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/10-2422.1.

González, G., E. Cuevas, K. Nakamura, K. Ara, and M.F. Barberena-Arias. 2012. “Quantifying Variation Of Soil Arthropods Using Different Sampling Protocols: Is Diversity Affected?”. In , 51-70. http://www.intechopen.com/books/tropical-forests/quantifying-variation-of-soil-arthropods-using-different-sampling-protocols-is-diversity-affected-.

Barker, B.S., J.A. Rodriguez-Robles, V.S. Aran, A. Montoya, R. B Waide, and B.D. Cook. 2012. “The Role Of Sea-Level Fluctuations And Topography In Generating Island Diversity: Phylogeography Of The Puerto Rican Red-Eyed Coqui, Eleutherodactylus Antillensis”. Molecular Ecology 21(24): 6033-6052. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12020/full.

Crowl, A.T., N. V. L. Brokaw, R. B Waide, G. González, K.H. Beard, E. Greathouse, A. E Lugo, A. Covich, D. J Lodge, C.M. Pringle, J. Thompson, and G.E. Belovsky. 2012. “When And Where Biota Matter: Linking Disturbance Regimes, Species Characteristics, And Dynamics Of Communities And Ecosystems”. In A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response, N. V. L. Brokaw, Crowl, A.T., Lugo, A. E, McDowell, W. H, Scantena, F. N, Waide, R. B, and Willig, M. R. Oxford: UNiversity Press, 272-295. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/42105.

Beaulieu, J.J., J. Tank, L.S Hamilton, W. M Wollheim, C.A.S. Hall, J.P. Mulholland, B.J. Peterson, L. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, C. N Dahm, W. K Dodds, N. B Grimm, A.H. Johnson, W. H McDowell, G.C. Poole, H. M Valett, R. Arango, M.J. Bernot, A.J. Burgin, C. Crenshaw, A.M. Helton, A.H. Johnson, J.M. O'Brien, J.D. Potter, R.W. Sheibley, D.J. Sobota, and S.C. Thomas. 2011. “Nitrous Oxide Emission From Denitrification In Stream And River Networks”. PNAS 108: 214-219. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/12/14/1011464108.full.pdf+html.

Helton, A.M., G.C. Poole, J. L Meyer, W. M Wollheim, B.J. Peterson, J.P. Mulholland, E. S Bernhardt, J.A. Stanford, R. Arango, L. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, W. K Dodds, S.V. Gregory, C.A.S. Hall, L.S Hamilton, A.H. Johnson, W. H McDowell, J.D. Potter, J. Tank, S.C. Thomas, H. M Vallet, J. R Webster, and L. Zeglin. 2011. “Thinking Outside The Channel: Modeling Nitrogen Cycling In Networked River Ecosystems”. Frontiers in Ecology and the Enviroment 9(4): 229 - 238. http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2011_helton001.pdf.

Burgin, A.J., W. H Yang, L.S Hamilton, and W. L Silver. 2011. “Beyond Carbon And Nitrogen: How The Microbial Energy Economy Couples Elemental Cycles In Diverse Ecosystems”. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 44-52. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/090227.

Frohlich-Nowoisky, J., S.M. Burrows, Z. Xie, G. Engling, P.A. Solomon, T. Fraser, O. L Mayol-Bracero, P. Artaxo, D. Begerow, R. Conrad, M.O. Andreae, V.R. Despres, and U. Poschl. 2011. “Biogeography In The Air: Fungal Diversity Over Land And Oceans.”. 8: 7071-7096. http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/1125/2012/bg-9-1125-2012.html.

Cusack, D. F, W. L Silver, M. S Torn, S. D Burton, M. K Firestone, and W. H McDowell. 2011. “Changes In Microbial Community Characteristics And Soil Organic Matter With Nitrogen Additions In Two Tropical Forests”. Ecology 92: 621-632. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/10-0459.1.

Presley, S. J, M. R Willig, C.P. Bloch, F. de Castro, C.L. Higgins, and B. T Klingbeil. 2011. “A Complex Metacommunity Structure For Gastropods Along An Elevational Gradient”. Biotropica 43: 480-488. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00727.x/full.

Chau-Chin, Lin, A. BD Rahman-Kassim, K. Vanderbilt, D. Henshaw, E. C Melendez-Colom, J. Porter, K. Niiyama, T. Yagihashi, Aun S. Tan, S.S. Lu, C. W Hsiao, L.W. Chang, and M.R. Jeng. 2011. “An Ecoinformatics Application For Forest Dynamics Plot Data Management And Sharing”. 26(4): 357-369. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/42559.

de Jesus-Crespo, R., and A. Ramírez. 2011. “Effects Of Urbanization On Stream Physicochemistry And Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In A Tropical Urban Watershed In Puerto Rico”. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(3): 739-750. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1899/10-081.1.

Boyero, L., H. A Pearson, D. Dudgeon, M. AS Graça, M. O Gessner, R.J. Albarino, V. Ferreira, C.M. Yule, A.J. Boulton, M. Arunachalam, M. Callisto, E. Chauvet, A. Ramírez, J. Chara, M.S. Moretti, J.F. Goncalves, J.E. Helson, J. Chara, A.C. Encalada, S. J Davies, S. Lamothe, A. Cornejo, Y. Li, L.M. Buria, N. Villanueva, M.C. Zuniga, and C.M. Pringle. 2011. “Global Distribution Of A Key Trophic Guild Contrasts With Common Latitudinal Diversity Patterns”. Ecology 92: 1839-1848. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/10-2244.1.

Uriarte, M., C. B Yackulic, Y. Lim, and J. A Arce-Nazario. 2011. “Influence Of Land Use On Water Quality In A Tropical Landscape: A Multi-Scale Analysis”. Landscape Ecology 26: 1151-1164. http://www.columbia.edu/~mu2126/publications_files/Uriarte%20et%20al%202011%20Land_Ecol_PR%20Water.pdf.

Collins, S.L., S.R. Carpenter, S.M. Swinton, D.E. Orenstein, D.L. Childers, T.L. Gragson, N. B Grimm, J.M. Grove, S.L. Harlan, J.P. Kaye, A.K. Knapp, G.P. Kofinas, J.J. Magnuson, W. H McDowell, J.M. Melack, L.A. Ogden, G.P. Robertson, G.C. Smith, and A.C. Whitmer. 2011. “An Integrated Conceptual Framework For Long-Term Social-Ecological Research”. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 351-357. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/39928.

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Ortiz-Zayas, J., and R. Figueroa. 2011. “Los Impactos Ambientales Sobre Ríos Y Quebradas: Un Enfoque Ecohidrológico”. In Impactos ambientales en las islas de  Puerto Rico, Impactos ambientales en las islas de  Puerto Rico, J. Seguinot. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial SM.

Ramírez, A., M. Altamiranda-Saavedra, R. N Gutiérrez, and M. Springer. 2011. “The Neotropical Damselfly Genus Cora: New Larval Descriptions And A Comparative Analysis Of Larvae Of Known Species (Odonata: Polythoridae)”. International Journal of Odonatology 14(3): 249-256.

Cleveland, C. C, A.R. Townsend, C.M. Taylor, S. Alvarez-Clare, M. MC Bustamante, G. Chuyong, S. Z Dobrowski, P. Grierson, K.E. Harms, B. Z Houlton, A. Marklein, W Parton, S. Porder, S. C Reed, C. A Sierra, W. L Silver, E. VJ Tanner, and W. R Wieder. 2011. “Relationships Among Net Primary Productivity, Nutrients And Climate In Tropical Rain Forest: A Pan-Tropical Analysis”. Ecology Letters 14: 939-947. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01658.x/abstract.

Gioda, A., G. Reyes, R. Figueroa, J. Collett, S. Decesari, M.C. Ramos, H.J.C. Bezerra-Netto, F.R. Aquino-Neto, and O. L Mayol-Bracero. 2011. “Speciation Of Water-Soluble Inorganic, Organic And Total Nitrogen In A Background Marine Environment: Cloud Water, Rainwater And Aerosol Particles”. Journal of Geophysical Research 116(D5): 1-17. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010JD015010/pdf.

Willig, M. R, S. J Presley, C.P. Bloch, F. de Castro, L.M. Cisneros, C.L. Higgins, and B. T Klingbeil. 2011. “Tropical Metacommunities And Elevational Gradients: Effects Of Forest Type And Other Elevational Factors.”. Oikos 120(10): 1497-1508. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19218.x/full.

de Jesus-Crespo, R., and A. Ramírez. 2011. “The Use Of A Stream Visual Assessment Protocol To Determine Ecosystem Integrity In An Urban Watershed In Puerto Rico”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 36: 560-566. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147470651000207X.

Uriarte, M., N. G Swenson, R. L Chazdon, L.S. Comita, D. L Erickson, J. W Kress, J. Thompson, J. K Zimmerman, and J. Forero-Montana. 2010. “Trait Similarity, Shared Ancestry, And The Structure Of Neighborhood Interactions In A Subtropical Forest: Implications For Community Assembly”. Ecology Letters 13(12): 1503-1514. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21054732.

Myster, Randall W. 2010. “Testing Dominance-Diversity Hypotheses Using Data From Abandoned Plantations And Pastures In Puerto Rico And Ecuador”. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26: 247-250. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=81866976F8B129C46DE184D4D0CDB2DB.journals?fromPage=online&aid=7102400.

Benstead, J.P., W. F Cross, J. A March, W. H McDowell, A. Ramírez, and A. Covich. 2010. “Biotic And Abiotic Controls On Ecosystem Significance Of Consumer Excretion In Two Contrasting Tropical Streams”. Freshwater Biology 55: 2047-206. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02461.x/full.

San Gil, I., A.F. White, E. C Melendez-Colom, and K. Vanderbilt. 2010. “Case Studies Of Ecological Integrative Information Systems: The Luquillo And Sevilleta Information Management Systems”. In Metadata and Semantic Research, Metadata and Semantic Research, S. Sánchez-Alonso and Athanasiadis, I. N. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 18-35. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-16552-8_3.

Lugo, A. E, and G. González. 2010. “Changing Conditions And Changing Ecosystems: A Long-Term Regional And Transcontinental Research Approach On Invasive Species”. In Washington, D.C., 121-126. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/44044.

Currie, W. S, M. E Harmon, I. Burke, S. C Hart, W Parton, and W. L Silver. 2010. “Cross-Biome Transplants Of Plant Litter Show Decomposition Models Extend To A Broader Climatic Range But Lose Predictability At The Decadal Time Scale”. Global Change Biology 16(6): 1744-1761. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02086.x/full.

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Sharpe, J M, K. Mehltreter, and L. A Walker. 2010. “Ecological Importance Of Ferns”. In Fern Ecology, Fern Ecology, K. Mehltreter, Walker, L. A, and Sharpe, J M. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1-21.

Cusack, D. F, W. L Silver, M.S. Torn, and W. H McDowell. 2011. “Effects Of Chronic Nitrogen Additions On Above- And Belowground Carbon Dynamics In Two Tropical Forests”. Biogeochemistry 104(1-3): 203-225. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10533-010-9496-4.

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Laurance, W. F, D. C Useche, L. P Shoo, S. K Herzo, M. Kessler, F. Escobar, G. Brehm, J. C Axmacher, H. Chen, L. Arellano-Gamez, P. Hietz, K. Fiedler, T. Pyrcz, J. Wolf, C. L Merkord, C. Cardelus, A. R Marshall, C. Ah-Peng, G. H Aplet, M. C Arizmendi, G. Baker, J. Barone, C. A Bruhl, R. W Bussmann, D. Cicuzza, G. Eilu, M. E Favila, A. Hemp, A. Hemp, J. Homeier, J. Hurtado, J. Jakowski, G.H. Kattan, J. Klug, T. Kromer, D. C Leesa, M. Lehnerta, J. T Longinoa, G. Lovett, P. H Martina, B.D. Patterson, H. A Pearson, K. SH Peh, B. Richardson, B. Richardson, M. J Samways, F. Senbeta, G.C. Smith, T.M.A. Utteridge, J. E Watkins, A.I. Wilson, S. E Williams, and S.C. Thomas. 2010. “Global Warming, Elevational Ranges And The Vulnerability Of Tropical Biota”. Biological Conservation 144(1): 548–557. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320710004532.

Cook, B.D., C.M. Pringle, and J.M. Hughes. 2010. “Immigration History Of Amphidromous Species On A Greater Antillean Island”. Journal of Biogeography 37: 270-277. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02215.x/full.

Comita, L.S., J. Thompson, M. Uriarte, I. Jonckheere, C. D Canham, and J. K Zimmerman. 2010. “Interactive Effects Of Land Use History And Natural Disturbance On Seedling Dynamics In A Subtropical Forest”. Ecological Applications 20(5): 1270-1284.

Sharpe, J M. 2010. “Long Term Monitoring Of Five Uncommon Tropical Forest Understory Ferns In Puerto Rico”. Indian Fern Journal 27: 242-253.

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Myster, Randall W. 2010. “Plant Communities In Western Amazonian”. The Botanical Review 75(3): 271-291. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12229-009-9032-1.

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Sharpe, J. 2010. “Responses Of The Mangrove Fern Acrostichum Danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch. (Pteridaceae, Pteridophyta) To Disturbances Resulting From Increased Soil Salinity And Hurricane Georges At The Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico”. Wetlands Ecology and Management 18: 57-68.

DeAngelis, K. M, J. M Gladden, M. Allgaier, P. D'haeseleer, J. L Fortney, A. Reddy, P. Hugenholtz, S. W Singer, J. S Vander-Gheynst, W. L Silver, B. A Simmons, and T. C Hazen. 2010. “Strategies For Enhancing The Effectiveness Of Metagenomic-Based Enzyme Discovery In Lignocellulolytic Microbial Communities”. BioEnergy Research 3(2): 146-158. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12155-010-9089-z.

Dubinsky, E. A, W. L Silver, and M. K Firestone. 2010. “Tropical Forest Soil Microbial Communities Couple Iron And Carbon Biogeochemistry”. Ecology 91(9): 2604–2612. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/09-1365.1.

Canham, C.D., J. Thompson, J. K Zimmerman, and M. Uriarte. 2010. “Variation In Susceptibility To Hurricane Damage As A Function Of Storm Severity In Puerto Rico Tree Species”. Biotropica 42(1): 87-94. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00545.x/full.

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