The Physical Environment of Monteverde
 
The continental divide of the Cordillera de Tilaran, taken from "La Ventana" at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.  Photo by Stephen Ingram
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Bibliographic Citations on The Physical Environment of Monteverde

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Bibliographic Citations on The Physical Environment of Monteverde  (Go to Full Bibliographic Citation Listing)

  • Alvarado I., G. 1989. Los Volcanes de Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica.
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  • Clark, K. L. 1994. The role of epiphytic bryophytes in the net accumulation and cycling of nitrogen in a tropical montane cloud forest. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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  • Gomez, L. D. 1986. Vegetación de Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. San José, Costa Rica.
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  • Grubb, P. J. 1977. Control of forest growth and distribution on wet tropical mountains: with special reference to mineral nutrition. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 8:83-107.
  • Herrera, W. 1985. Clima de Costa Rica; Vegetación y clima de Costa Rica, Vol. 2. Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Ingram, S. W., and N. M. Nadkarni. 1993. Composition and distribution of epiphytic organic matter in a neotropical cloud forest, Costa Rica. Biotropica 25:370-383.
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  • Jenny, H. 1980. The soil resource. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, USA
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  • Lawton, R. O., and V. Dryer. 1980. The vegetation of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. Brenesia 18:101-116.
  • Lovett, G. M., and W. A. Reiners. 1986. Canopy structure and cloud water deposition in subalpine coniferous forests. Tellus 38B:319-327.
  • Lundberg, N. 1982. Evolution of the slope landward of the Middle American Trench, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Pages 131-147 in J. K. Legget, editor. Trench-forearc geology. Geological Society of London Special Publication 10.
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  • McIntosh, K., E. Silver, and T. Shipley. 1993. Evidence and mechanisms for forarc extension at the accretionary Costa Rica convergent margin. Tectonics 12:1380-1392.
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  • Monteith, J. L., and M. H. Unsworth. 1990. Principles of environmental physics. Arnold Press, London, UK.
  • Motavalli, P. P., C. A. Palm, W. J. Parton, E. T. Elliot, and S. D. Frey. 1994. Comparison of laboratory and modeling simulation methods for estimating soil carbon pools in tropical forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26:935-944.
  • Motavalli, P. P., W. J. Parton, E. T. Elliot, S. D. Frey, and P. C. Smithson. 1995. Nitrogen mineralization in humid tropical forest soils: minerology, texture, and measured nitrogen fractions. Soil Science Society of America 59:1168-1175.
  • Nadkarni, N. M. 1984. Epiphytic biomass and nutrient capital of a neotropical elfin forest. Biotropica 16:249-256.
  • Nadkarni, N. M., and T. J. Matelson. 1991. Dynamics of fine litterfall within the canopy of a tropical cloud forest, Monteverde. Ecology 72:2071-2082.
  • Nadkarni, N. M., and T. J. Matelson. 1992. Biomass and nutrient dynamics of epiphytic litterfall in a neotropical cloud forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Biotropica 24:24-30.
  • Raup, H. M. 1957. Vegetational adjustment and the instability of the site. Pages 36-48 in Proceedings and papers of the technical meeting, International Union of the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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  • Ward, R. C. 1984. On response to precipitation of headwater streams in humid areas. Journal of Hydrology 74:171-189.
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