Vegetation Dynamics of a Permanent Pasture Plot in Puerto Rico1

Randall W. Myster

doi:10.1646/02053

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Randall W. Myster¹

¹Biology Department, Box 89, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, U.S.A., rmyster@ucok.edu

Abstract

I set up a 250 m² plot and found after five years that (1) grass dominated by ferns and woody species was gradually increasing over time; (2) woody genera (Syzygium, Calophyllum, and Clidemia) common here have not been found elsewhere on the island and “successional” trees, such as Cecropia sp. and Shefflera sp., were completely absent; (3) smaller, earlier trees were also found away from the forest; and (4) the plot had multiple strata and was recovering forest structural characteristics such as productivity and richness.

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Randall W. Myster "Vegetation Dynamics of a Permanent Pasture Plot in Puerto Rico," BIOTROPICA 35(3), 422-428, (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1646/02053

Published: 1 September 2003