Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest

The Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF) has a long history of research on tropical forestry, ecology, and conservation, dating as far back as the early 19th Century. Scientific surveys conducted by early explorers of Puerto Rico, followed by United States institutions contributed early understanding of biogeography, species endemism, and tropical soil characteristics. Research in the second half of the 1900s established the LEF as an exemplar of...