Featured Publications & Products

• Asner, Gregory P.; Martin, Roberta E.; Tupayachi, Raul; Emerson, Ruth; Martinez, Paola; Sinca, Felipe; Powell, George V.N.; Wright, S. Joseph; Lugo, Ariel E. 2011. Taxonomy and remote sensing of leaf mass per area (LMA) in humid tropical forests.
• Abelleira Martinez, Oscar J.; Rodríguez, Mariela A.; Rosario, Ivonne; Soto, Nataly; López, Armando; Lugo, Ariel E. 2010. Structure and species composition of novel forests dominated by an introduced species in northcentral Puerto Rico.
• Vance-Chalcraft, Heather D.; Willig, Michael R.; Cox, Stephen B.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Scatena, Frederick N. 2010. Relationship between aboveground biomass and multiple measures of biodiversity in subtropical forest of Puerto Rico.
• Medina, Ernesto; Cuevas, Elvira; Lugo, Ariel E. 2010. Nutrient relations of dwarf Rhizophora mangle L.
• Harris, Nancy L.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Brown, Sandra; Heartsill-Scalley, Tamara. 2012. Luquillo Experimental Forest: Research History and Opportunities.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Carlo, T.A.; Wunderle, Jr., J.M. 2012. Natural mixing of species: novel plant animal communities on Caribbean Islands.
• Davis, Mark A.; Chew, Mathew K.; Hobbs, Richard J.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Ewel, John J.; Vermeij, Geerat J.; Brown, James H.; Rosenzweig, Michael L.; Gardener, Mark R.; Carroll, Scott P.; Thompson, Ken; Pickett, Stewart T.A.; Stromberg, Juliet C.; Del Tredici, Peter; Suding, Katharine N.; Eherenfeld, Joan G.; Grime, J. Philip; Mascaro, Joseph; Briggs, John C. 2011. Don t judge species on their origins.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Ramos, Olga; Rodriguez, Carlos. 2011. The R o Piedras watershed and its surrounding environment.
• Abelleira Martinez, Oscar J.; Rodríguez, Mariela A.; Rosario, Ivonne; Soto, Nataly; López, Armando; Lugo, Ariel E. 2010. Structure and species composition of novel forests dominated by an introduced species in northcentral Puerto Rico.
• Miller, G.; Lugo, A.E. 2009. Guide to the ecological systems of Puerto Rico.

Publications

• Zimmerman, Jess K.; Wood, Tana E.; Gonzalez, Grizelle ; Ramirez, Alonso ; Silver, Whendee L.; Uriarte, Maria ; Willig, Michael R.; Waide, Robert B.; Lugo, Ariel E. 2021. Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest.
• Mayfield, Albert E., II.; Marcano-Vega, Humfredo ; Lugo, Ariel E. 2021. Regional Summaries: Southeast and Caribbean.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2020. Effects of Extreme Disturbance Events: From Ecesis to Social Ecological Technological Systems.
• Spicer, Robert L.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Ruhl, Nathan . 2020. Landform type mediates compositional change in a hurricane-disturbed sub-tropical forest.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Martínez, Oscar J. A.; Medina, Ernesto; Aymard, Gerardo; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara. 2020. Novelty in the tropical forests of the 21st century.
• Lugo, Ariel. 2019. Acta Cient fica 31(1-3).
• González, Grizelle ; Lugo, Ariel E. 2019. Concluding Remarks: Moving Forward on Scientific Knowledge and Management Approaches to Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene Epoch.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Medina, Ernesto; Cuevas, Elvira; Ramos González, Olga. 2019. Ecological and physiological aspects of Caribbean shrublands.
• Lugo, Ariel ; González, Grizelle . 2019. Introduction to the Special Issue on Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology in the Anthropocene.
• Willig, M. R.; Woolbright, L. ; Presley, S. J.; Schowalter, T. D.; Waide, R. B.; Heartsill Scalley, T. ; Zimmerman, J. K.; González, G. ; Lugo, A. E. 2019. Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2018. Characterization of ten extreme disturbance events in the context of social and ecological systems.
• Lugo, Ariel. E. ; Winchell, Kristin. M. ; Carlo, Tomás. A. 2018. Novelty in Ecosystems.
• Lugo, Ariel; Rodriguez, Carlos; Fermont, Ian; Vicens, Ivan. 2018. Response to Hurricanes of Pinus caribaea var hondurensis Plantations in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Abelleira Martínez, Oscar L. 2018. Stoichiometry of decomposing Spathodea campanulata leaves in novel puertorrican forests.
• Martinuzzi, Sebastián ; Ramos-González, Olga M.; Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.; Locke, Dexter H.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2018. Vegetation cover in relation to socioeconomic factors in a tropical city assessed from sub-meter resolution imagery.
• Lugo, Ariel; Erickson, Heather. 2017. Novelty and its ecological implications to dry forest functioning and conservation.
• Lugo, Ariel; Gonzalez, Grizelle. 2017. Sandra Brown (1944 2017): A Distinguished Tropical Ecologist.
• Medina, Ernesto; Cuevas, Elvira; Lugo, Ariel. 2017. Substrate Chemistry and Rainfall Regime Regulate Elemental Composition of Tree Leaves in Karst Forests.
• Lugo, Ariel E. . 2017. The scientific legacy of Juan A. Torres-Negr n.
• Brown, Sandra; Lugo, Ariel. 2017. Trailblazing the Carbon Cycle of Tropical Forests from Puerto Rico.
• Fonseca da Silva, Jéssica; Medina, Ernesto; Lugo, Ariel. 2017. Traits and Resource Use of Co-Occurring Introduced and Native Trees in a Tropical Novel Forest.
• Lugo, A.E.; Santiago, B. 2016. Acta Cientifica. Special 30th Anniversary Edition. Vol. 30(1-3): 329 p.
• Lugo, Ariel; Frangi, J.L. 2016. Long-term response of Caribbean palm forests to hurricanes.
• lugo, Ariel. 2015. Acta Cient fica Vol. 29 (1-3).
• Sanchez, M.J.; Lopez, E.; Lugo, A.E. 2015. Chemical and physical analyses of selected plants and soils from Puerto Rico (1981-2000).
• Lugo, Ariel; Rullan, J. 2015. El mensaje de conservacion de las instalaciones restauradas del Instituto Internacional de Dasonomia Tropical.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2015. Forestry in the Anthropocene.
• Martinuzzi, Sebastian; Gavier-Pizarro, Gregorio I.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2015. Future Land-Use Changes and the Potential for Novelty in Ecosystems of the United States.
• Lugo, Ariel; Rullan, J. 2015. The conservation message of the rehabilitated facilities of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry.
• Medina, E.; Cuevas, E.; Lugo, A.E.; Terezo, E.; Jimenez-Osornio, J.; Macario-Mendoza, P.A.; Montanez, P. 2014. Conservative nutrient use by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) planted under contrasting environmental conditions.
• Erickson, H.E.; Helmer, E.H.; Brandeis, T.J.; Lugo, A.E. 2014. Controls on fallen leaf chemistry and forest floor element masses in native and novel forests across a tropical island.
• Munoz, Tischa A.; Lugo, A.E.; Quintero, B. 2014. Emerging synthesis themes from the study of social-ecological systems of a tropical city.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2014. Evolving conservation paradigms for the Anthropocene.
• Lugo, A.E.; Eav, B.; Foster, G.S.; Rains, M.; Reaves, J.; Stouder, D.J. 2014. Forest Service Experimental Forests and long-term data sets: stories of their meaning to station directors.
• Lugo, Ariel. E.; Medina, Ernesto; McGinley, Kathleen. 2014. Issues and challenges of mangrove conservation in the Anthropocene - Desafios de la conservacion del mangle en el Antropoceno.
• Munoz-Erickson, T.A.; Lugo, A.E.; Melendez-Ackerman, E.; Santiago-Acevedo, L.E.; Seguinot-Barbosa, J.; Mendez-Lazaro, P. 2014. Knowledge to serve the city: insights from an emerging knowledge-action network to address vulnerability and sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Hobbs, Richard J.; Higgs, Eric; Hall, Carol M.; Bridgewater, Peter; Chapin III, F. Stuart; Ellis, Erle C.; Ewel, John J.; Hallet, Lauren M.; Harris, James; Hulvey, Kristen B.; Jackson, Stephen T.; Kennedy, Patricia L.; Kueffer, Christoph; Lach, Lori; Lantz, Trevor C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Mascaro, Joseph; Murphy, Stephen D.; Nelson, Cara R.; Perring, Michael P.; Richardson, David M.; Seastedt, Timothy R.; Standish, Rachel; Starzomski, Brian M.; Suding, Katherine N.; Tognetti, Pedro M.; Yakob, Laith; Yung, Laurie. 2014. Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Medina, Ernesto. 2014. Mangrove forests.
• Robinson, K.; Bauer, J.; Lugo, A.E. 2014. Passing the baton from the Tainos to tomorrow: forest conservation in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A.E.; Heartsill Scalley, T. 2014. Research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest has advanced understanding of tropical forests and resolved management issues.
• Ramirez, A.; Rosas, K.G.; Lugo, A.E.; Ramos-Gonzalez, O.M. 2014. Spatio-temporal variation in stream water chemistry in a tropical urban watershed.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Adams, Mary Beth; Amatya, Devendra; Campbell, John; Johnson, Sherri; Swanson, Frederick J.; Kolka, Randy; Lugo, Ariel E.; Musselman, Robert; Rhoades, Charles. 2014. The role of experimental forests and ranges in the development of ecosystem science and biogeochemical cycling research.
• Vose, James M.; Swank, Wayne T.; Adams, Mary Beth; Amatya, Devendra; Campbell, John; Johnson, Sherri; Swanson, Frederick J.; Kolka, Randy; Lugo, Ariel E.; Musselman, Robert; Rhoades, Charles. 2014. The role of experimental forests and ranges in the development of ecosystem science and biogeochemical cycling research Chapter 17.
• Lugo, A.E. 2014. Tropical cities are diverse and deserve more social-ecological attention.
• Harris, N. L.; Hall, C. A. S.; Lugo, A. E. 2013. A test of the maximum power hypothesis along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, Ariel; Nytch, C.J.; Ramsey, M. 2013. An analysis of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers documents supporting the channelization of the Rio Piedras. Acta Cientifica. 27(1-3)..
• Martinuzzi, S.; Lugo, A.E.; Brandeis, T.J.; Helmer, E.H. 2013. Case study: Geographic distribution and level of novelty of Puerto Rican forests.
• Waide, R. B.; Comarazamy, D. E.; González, J. E.; Hall, C. A. S.; Lugo, A. E.; Luvall, J. C.; Murphy, D. J.; Ortiz-Zayas, J. R.; Ramírez-Beltrán, N. D.; Scatena, F. N.; Silver, W. L. 2013. Climate variability at multiple spatial and temporal scales in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico.
• Driscoll, C.T.; Groffman, P.M.; Blair, J.M.; Lugo, A.E.; Laney, C.M.; Peters, D.P.C. 2013. Cross-site comparisons of precipitation and surface water chemistry.
• Peters, D.P.C.; Lugo, A.E.; Chapin, III, F.S.; Tepley, A.J.; Swanson, F.J. 2013. Disturbance regimes and ecological responses across sites.
• Kennedy, P. L.; Lach, L.; Lugo, A.E.; Hobbs, R.J. 2013. Fauna and novel ecosystems.
• Lugo, A. E. 2013. Foreword, up, down, and across the mountains: a new look at the Luquillo Mountains.
• McDowell, W.H.; Brereton, R.L.; Scatena, F.N.; Shanley, J.B.; Brokaw, N.V.; Lugo, A.E. 2013. Interactions between lithology and biology drive the long-term response of stream chemistry to major hurricanes in a tropical landscape.
• Ewel, J. J.; Mascaro, J.; Kueffer, C.; Lugo, A.E.; Lach, L.; Gardener, M. 2013. Islands: Where novelty is the norm.
• Peters, D.P.C.; Laney, C.M.; Lugo, A.E.; Collins, S.L.; Driscoll, C.T.; Groffman, P.M.; Grove, J.M.; Knapp, A.K.; Kratz, T.K.; Ohman, M.D.; Waide, R.B.; Yao, J. 2013. Long-term trends in ecological systems: an introduction to cross-site comparisons and relevance to global change studies.
• Lugo, A.E. 2013. Novel tropical forests: nature's response to global change.
• Perring, M. P.; Manning, P.; Hobbs, R.J.; Lugo, A.E.; Ramalho, C.E.; Standish, R. J. 2013. Novel urban ecosystems and ecosystem services.
• Lugo, A.E.; Abelleira Martínez, O.; Fonseca da Silva, J. 2012. Aboveground biomass, wood volume, nutrient stocks and leaf litter in novel forests compared to native forests and tree plantations in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A.E. 2012. Acta Cientifica Vol. 26 (1-3).
• Laurance, W.F.; Useche, D.C.; Rendeiro, J.; NO-VALUE, and others; Lugo, Ariel. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas.
• Perez, M. E.; Sastre de Jesús, I.; Lugo, A. E.; Abelleira Martínez, O. J. 2012. Bryophyte species diversity in secondary forests dominated by the introduced species Spathodea campanulata Beauv. in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A. E.; Helmer, E. H.; Santiago Valentín, E. 2012. Caribbean landscapes and their biodiversity.
• Lugo, A.E. 2012. Conundrums, paradoxes, and surprises: a brave new world of biodiversity conservation.
• Scatena, F.N.; Blanco, J.F.; Beard, K.H.; Waide, R.B.; Lugo, A.E.; Brokaw, N.; Silver, W.L.; Haines, B.L.; Zimmerman, J.K. 2012. Disturbance regime.
• Lugo, A.E.; Waide, R.B.; Willig, M.R.; Crowl, T.A.; Scatena, F.N.; Thompson, J.; Silver, W.L.; McDowell, W.H.; Brokaw, N. 2012. Ecological paradigms for the tropics: old questions and continuing challenges.
• McDowell, W.H.; Scatena, F.N.; Waide, R.B.; Brokaw, N.; Camilo, G.R.; Covich, A.P.; Crowl, T.A.; Gonzalez, G.; Greathouse, E.A.; Klawinski, P.; Lodge, D.J.; Lugo, A.E.; Pringle, C.M.; Richardson, B.A.; Richardson, M.J.; Schaefer, D.A.; Silver, W.L.; Thompson, J.; Vogt, D.J.; Vogt, K.A.; Willig, M.R.; Woolbright, L.L.; Zou, X.; Zimmerman, J.K. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the Luquillo Mountains.
• Lugo, A.E.; Concepcion, C.M.; Santiago-Acevedo, L.E.; Munoz-Erickson, T.A.; Verdejo Ortiz, J.C.; Santiago-Bartolomei, R.; Forero-Montana, J.; Nytch, C.J.; Manrique, H.; Colon-Cortes, W. 2012. In search of an adaptive social-ecological approach to understanding a tropical city.
• Alvarez Ruiz, Migdalia; Lugo, Ariel E. 2012. Landscape effects on structure and species composition of tabonuco forests in Puerto Rico: implications for conservation.
• Heartsill Scalley, T.; Scatena, F.N.; Moya, S.; Lugo, A.E. 2012. Long-term dynamics of organic matter and elements exported as coarse particulates from two Caribbean montane watersheds.
• Willig, M.R.; Bloch, C.P.; Covich, A.P.; Hall, C.A.S.; Lodge, D.J.; Lugo, A.E.; Silver, W.L.; Waide, R.B.; Walker, L.R.; Zimmerman, J.K. 2012. Long-term research in the Luquillo Mountains, synthesis and foundations for the future.
• Lugo, A.E.; Scatena, F.N.; Waide, R.B.; Greathouse, E.A.; Pringle, C.M.; Willig, M.R.; Vogt, K.A.; Walker, L.R.; Gonzalez, G.; McDowell, W.H.; Thompson, J.; NO-VALUE, . 2012. Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research.
• Brokaw, N.; Zimmerman, J.K.; Willig, M.; Camilo, G.; Covich, A.; Crowl, T.; Fetcher, N.; Haines, B.; Lodge, J.; Lugo, A.E.; Myster, R.; Pringle, C.M.; Sharpe, J.; Scatena, F.; Schowalter, T.; Silver, W.; Thompson, J.; Vogt, D.; Vogt, K.; Waide, R.; Walker, L.; Woolbright, L.; Wunderle, J.M., Jr..; Zou, X. 2012. Response to disturbance, Chapter 5.
• Lugo, A.E. 2012. Social silviculture: a new paradigm in the search for sustainable land conservation in the tropics.
• Ramjohn, I.A.; Murphy, P.G.; Burton, T.M.; Lugo, A.E. 2012. Survival and rebound of Antillean dry forests: role of forest fragments.
• Crowl, T.A.; Brokaw, N.; Waide, R.B.; Gonzalez, G.; Beard, K.H.; Greathouse, E.A.; Lugo, A.E.; Covich, A.P.; Lodge, D.J.; Pringle, C.M.; Thompson, J.; Belovsky, G.E. 2012. When and where biota matter, linking disturbance regime, species characteristics, and dynamics of communities and ecosystems.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Abelleira, Oscar J.; Collado, Alexander; Viera, Christian A.; Santiago, Cynthia; Velez, Diego O.; Soto, Emilio; Amaro, Giovanni; Charon, Graciela; Colon, Jr., Hector.; Santana, Jennifer; Morales, Jose L.; Rivera, Katherine; Ortiz, Luis; Rivera, Luis; Maldonado, Mianel; Rivera, Natalia; Vazquez, Norelis J. 2011. Allometry, biomass, and chemical content of novel African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulata) forests in Puerto Rico.
• Peters, Debra P.C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Chapin, F. Stuart, III.; Pickett, Steward T.A.; Duniway, Michael; Rocha, Adrian V.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Laney, Christine; Jones, Julia. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities.
• Peters, Debra P.C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Chapin, III, Stuart.; Pickett, Steward T.A.; Duniway, Michael; Rocha, Adrian V.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Laney, Christine; Jones, Julia. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Dominguez Cristobal, Carlos M.; Mendez, Noemi. 2011. Hurricane Georges accelerated litterfall fluxes of a 26 yr-old novel secondary forest in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A.E. 2011. La Cartilla del Agua. Acta Cientifica Vol.25(1-3).
• Molina Colón, Sandra; Lugo, Ariel E.; Ramos, Olga. 2011. Novel dry forests in southwestern Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A. E. 2010. Acta Cientifica Vol. 24(1-3).
• Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Scatena, Frederick N.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Moya, Samuel; Estrada Ruiz, Carlos R. 2010. Changes in structure, composition, and nutrients during 15 years of hurricane-induced succession in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Gonzalez, Grizelle. 2010. Changing conditions and changing ecosystems: a long-term regional and transcontinental research approach on invasive species.
• Lugo, A.E. 2010. Let s not forget the biodiversity of the cities.
• Medina, E.; Cuevas, E.; Molina, S.; Lugo, A.E.; Ramos, O. 2010. Structural variability and species diversity of a dwarf Caribbean dry forest.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2009. Acta Cientifica vol. 23(1-3).
• Brandeis, Thomas J.; Helmer, Eileen; Marcano-Vega, H.; Lugo, Ariel E. 2009. Climate shapes the novel plant communities that form after deforestation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Brandeis, Thomas; Helmer, Eileen; Marcano-Vega, Humfredo; Ariel, Lugo. 2009. Climate shapes the novel plant communities that form after deforestion in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Martinuzzi, S.; Gould, W.A.; Lugo, A.E.; Medina, E. 2009. Conversion and recovery of Puerto Rican mangroves: 200 years of change.
• Harmon, Mark E.; Silver, Whendee L.; Fasth, Becky; Chen, Hua; Burke, Ingrid C.; Parton, William J.; Hart, Stephen C.; Currie, William S.; Lugo, Ariel E. 2009. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison.
• Lugo, A.E. 2009. The emerging era of novel tropical forests.
• Chazdon, Robin L.; Peres, Carlos A.; Dent, Daisy; Sheil, Douglas; Lugo, Ariel E.; Lamb, David; Stork, Nigel E.; Miller, Scott E. 2009. The potential for species conservation in tropical secondary forests.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2008. Acta Cientifica vol. 22(1-3).
• Lugo, Ariel E.; da Silva, Jessica Fonseca; Sáez Uribe, Alejandra María. 2008. Balance de carbono en un bosque novedoso de Castilla elastica: resultados preliminares.
• Rivera, Maria; Lugo, Ariel E.; Vázquez, Shalom V. 2008. Densidad de artr podos activos en la superficie del suelo de un bosque novedoso de Castilla elastica.
• Viera Martinez, Christian A.; Abelleira, Oscar; Lugo, Ariel E. 2008. Estructura y qu mica del suelo en un bosque de Castilla elastica en el carso del norte de Puerto Rico: resultados de una calicata.
• Helmer, E. H.; Brandeis, Thomas J.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Kennaway, Todd. 2008. Factors influencing spatial pattern in tropical forest clearance and stand age: Implications for carbon storage and species diversity..
• Crowl, Todd A.; Crist, Thomas O.; Parmenter, Robert R.; Belovsky, Gary; Lugo, Ariel E. 2008. The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change..
• Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Scatena, F.N.; Estrada Ruiz, C.; McDowell, W.H.; Lugo, Ariel. 2007. Disturbance and long-term patterns of rainfall and throughfall nutrient fluxes in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico.
• LUGO, ARIEL E.; MEDINA, ERNESTO; CUEVAs, ELVIRA; CINTRÓ, ; N, GILBERTO; LABOY NIEVES, EDDIE N.; SCHÄ, ; EFFER NOVELLI, YARA. 2007. Ecophysiology of a Mangrove Forest in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico.
• Putz, Francis E.; Ewel, Jack; Lugo, Ariel E. 2007. Forest management versus forest degradation and destruction..
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Helmer, Eileen H.; Vale, Abel. 2007. La conservacion y vulnerabilidad a la urbanizacion del karso puertorrique o.
• Thompson, Jill; Lugo, Ariel E.; Thomlinson, John. 2007. Land use history, hurricane disturbance, and the fate of introduced species in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico..
• Medina, Ernesto; Cuevas, Elvira; Lugo, Ariel. 2007. Nutrient and salt relations of Pterocarpus officinalis L. in coastal wetlands of the Caribbean: assessment through leaf and soil analyses..
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2006. Ecological lessons from an island that has experienced it all.
• Lugo, Ariel D.; Swanson, Frederick J.; González, Olga Ramos; Adams, Mary Beth; Palik, Brian; Thill, Ronald E.; Brockway, Dale G.; Kern, Christel; Woodsmith, Richard; Musselman, Robert. 2006. Long-term research at the USDA Forest Service's experimental forests and ranges..
• Hobbs, Richard J.; Arico, Salvatore; Aronson, James; Baron, Jill S.; Bridgewater, Peter; Cramer, Viki A.; Epstein, Paul R.; Ewel, John J.; Klink, Carlos A.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Norton, David; Ojima, Dennis; Richardson David M., ; Sanderson, Eric W.; Valladares, Fernando; Vilà, Montserrat; Zamora, Regino; Zobel, Martin. 2006. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order.
• LUGO, ARIEL E.; ABELLEIRA, OSCAR J.; BORGES, SONIA; COLÓN, LAUREN J.; MELÉNDEZ, SYNDI; RODRÍGUEZ, MARIELA A. 2006. Preliminary Estimate of Earthworm Abundance and Species Richness in Spathodea campanulata Beauv. Forests in Northern Puerto Rico.
• Molina Colon, Sandra; Lugo, Ariel E. 2006. Recovery of a Subtropical Dry Forest After Abandonment of Different Land Uses.
• Van Bloem, Skip J.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Murphy, Peter G. 2006. Structural response of Caribbean dry forests to hurricane winds: a case study from Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico..
• Lugo, A.E., ed. 2005. Acta Cientifica vol. 19(1-3).
• Suárez, A.; Vicéns, I.; Lugo, A.E. 2005. Composici n de especies y estructura del bosque k rstico de San Patricio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A.E.; Domínguez Cristóbal, C.; Méndez Irizarry, N. 2005. Efectos del hurac n Georges en el crecimiento de rboles en un bosque secundario en el interior de Puerto Rico.
• Lugo, A.E.; Domínguez Cristóbal, C.M.; Méndez Irizarry, N. 2005. Efectos del hurac n Georges en la composici n de especies y estructura de un bosque secundario en el interior de Puerto Rico.
• Román Nunci, E.; Marcano Vega, H.; Vicéns, I.; Bortolamedi, G.; Lugo, A.E. 2005. El bosque del parque central de la urbanizaci n El Para so: estructura, composici n de especies y crecimiento de rboles.
• Lugo, A.E.; Román Nunci, E.; Quinones, M.; Marcano Vega, H.; Vicéns, I. 2005. El bosque estatal del nuevo milenio antes y despu s del hurac n Georges.
• Lugo, A.E. 2005. El valor maderero del bosque urbano.
• Frangi, Jorge L.; Barrera, Marcelo D.; Richter, Laura L.; Lugo, Ariel E. 2005. Nutrient cycling in Nothofagus pumilio forests along an altitudinal gradient in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
• Van Bloem, Skip J.; Murphy, Peter G.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Ostertag, Rebecca; Rivera Costa, Maria; Ruiz Bernard, Ivelisse; Molina Colon, Sandra; Canals Mora, Miguel. 2005. The Influence of Hurricane Winds on Caribbean Dry Forest Structure and Nutrient Pools.
• Lugo, A.E. 2005. The ecosystems of the Luquillo Mountains.
• LUGO, ARIEL E.; SILVER, WHENDEE L.; MOLINA COLON, SANDRA. 2004. BIOMASS AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF RESTORED NEOTROPICAL FORESTS.
• SILVER, WHENDEE L.; KUEPPERS, LARA M.; LUGO, ARIEL E.; OSTERTAG, REBECCA; MATZEK, VIRGINIA. 2004. CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS FOLLOWING REFORESTATION OF TROPICAL PASTURE..
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Helmer, Eileen. 2004. Emerging forests on abandoned land: Puerto Rico s new forests.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2004. H.T. Odum and the Luquillo Experimental Forest.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2004. The outcome of alien tree invasions in Puerto Rico.
• LUGO, ARIEL E.; FRANGI, JORGE L. 2003. Changes in necromass and nutrients on the forest floor of a palm floodplain forest in the Luquillo mountains of Puerto Rico..
• TURNER, MONICA G.; COLLINS, SCOTT L.; LUGO, ARIEL L.; MAGNUSON, JOHN J.; RUPP, T. SCOTT; SWANSON, FREDERICK J. 2003. Disturbance Dynamics and Ecological Response: The Contribution of Long-Term Ecological Research..
• Lugo, Ariel E. 2002. Can we manage tropical landscapes an answer from the Caribbean perspective..
• Dale, Virginia H.; Joyce, Linda A.; McNulty, Steve; Neilson, Ronald P.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Flannigan, Michael D.; Hanson, Paul J.; Irland, Lloyd C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Peterson, Chris J.; Simberloff, Daniel; Swanson, Frederick J.; Stocks, Brian J.; Wotton, Michael. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances.
• LUGO, ARIEL E. 2001. EL MANEJO DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD EN EL SIGLO XXI.
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Castro, Leopoldo Miranda; Vale, Abel; López, Tania del Mar; Prieto, Enrique Hernández; Martinó, Andrés García; Rolón, Alberto R. Puente; Tossas, Adrianne G.; McFarlane, Donald A.; Miller, Tom; Rodríguez, Armando; Lundberg, Joyce; Thomlinson, John; Colón, José; Schellekens, Johannes H.; Ramos, Olga; Helmer, Eileen. 2001. Puerto Rican Karst-A Vital Resource.
• Lugo, A.E.; Brown, S. L.; Dodson, R.; Smith, T. S; Shugart, H. H. 1999. The Holdridge life zones of the conterminous United States in relation to ecosystem mapping.
• LUGO, ARIEL E. 1998. Mangrove Forests: a Tough System to Invade but an Easy one to Rehabilitate.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 1998. Mangrove forests: a tough system to invade.
• Sanchez, M. J.; Lopez, E.; Lugo, A. E. 1997. Chemical and physical analyses of selected plants and soils from Puerto Rico (1981-1990).
• Lugo, Ariel E. 1997. The apparent paradox of reestablishing species richness on degraded lands with tree monocultures..
• Lugo, Ariel E.; Parrotta, John A.; Brown, Sandra. 1993. Loss in species caused by tropical deforestation and their recovery through management.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 1992. Tree plantations for rehabilitating damaged forest lands in the tropics..
• Reyes, Gisel; Brown, Sandra; Chapman, Jonathan; Lugo, Ariel E. 1992. Wood Densities of Tropical Tree Species.
• Lugo, Ariel E. 1990. Mangroves of the Pacific Islands: research opportunities.
• Lugo, A. E.; Brinson, M. M.; Brown, S. 1990. Synthesis and search for paradigms in wetland ecology..
• Lugo, Ariel E. 1986. Water and the Ecosystems of the Luquillo Experimental Forest.
• Figueroa, Julio C.; Totti, Luis; Lugo, Ariel E.; Woodbury, Roy O. 1984. Structure and composition of moist coastal forests in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
• Brown, Sandra; Lugo, Ariel E.; Silander, Susan; Liegel, Leon. 1983. Research History and Opportunities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
IITF-2011-02	A socioecological network for a tropical city Traditional urban research involves tree inventories, census activities, water quality sampling, or socioeconomic studies, all conducted by sepa ...	2011
IITF-2015-49	Conserving Mangroves in the Context of the Anthropocene Mangroves of the Anthropocene will be on the move as a result of sea level rise and atmospheric warming as well as human activity and therefore ...	2015
IITF-2014-084	Nitrogen and Phosphorus Content in Forest Floor Litter is Elevated in a Tropical Landscape Recovering from Deforestation Fallen leaf chemistry provides a window into the various and often complex factors affecting the availability of nutrients to trees. Both nitrog ...	2014
IITF-2020-9	Novelty in Tropical Forests Identifying interventions that help reduce ecosystem service tradeoffs in novel forests can contribute towards resilient social-ecological techn ...	2020
IITF-2014-005	Understanding Vulnerability and Sustainability of Urban Social-ecological Systems in the Tropics Scientists of the San Juan Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) publish an interdisciplinary synthesis of social-ecological system research in ...	2014