Resistance, resilience, and vulnerability of social‐ecological systems to hurricanes in Puerto Rico

Abstract Subject to hurricane disturbance for millennia, natural ecosystems of Puerto Rico exhibit clear patterns of resistance (e.g., many tree species have little immediate storm‐related mortality) and resilience (e.g., leaf litterfall and stream chemistry returned to pre‐hurricane levels in as li...

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Main Authors: Jess K. Zimmerman, Michael R. Willig, Edwin A. Hernández‐Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-10-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3159