LIST OF FIGURES
Preface
1 - Impacts of disturbance on ecological space      
2 - Margalef's mapping of stability                 
3 - Conceptual model of direct gradient approach      
4 - Conceptual diagram of hurricane recovery model    
5 - Flow diagram of RECOVER                           
6 - Two models of recovery from disturbance           
7 - Luquillo Experimental Forest, Bisley Experimental   
     Watersheds, and the Hurricane Recovery Plot       
8 - Historical hurricane disturbance                   
9 - Sequence of disturbance and growth plot monitoring 

Chapter 1
10 - Major tracks of Cyclonic Storms                    
11 - Intensity of catastrophic wind events              
12 - Secondary gradient space for severity of              
            catastrophic wind events                     
13 - Paths to recovery from catastrophic wind disturbance

Chapter 2
14 - Distribution of Dacryodes excelsa and Casearia arborea
15 - Spatial patterns of hurricane damage                  
16 - Change in fit and shifting spatial scale              
17 - Patch size frequency distribution                     
18 - Patch area proportion distribution                    
19 - Spatial pattern analysis                              
20 - Correlations between environmental factors and damage 
21 - Interactions among disturbance, abiotic gradients     
          and biota     
Chapter 3
22 - Study plots in HRP and BEW                            
23 - Distribution of API plot values                       
24 - First two principal components of vegetation data     
25 - Ordination of study plots based on community composition
26 - HRP distribution in damage gradient                     
27 - Subset of HRP:  API and position in damage gradient     
28 - Additional HRP plots to refine function                 
29 - Test of API and position in damage gradient: 100 plots  
30 - BEW plots: test of API and position in damage gradient  
31 - PCA of all 43 plots with species pooled in succession   
          class categories                                  
Chapter 4       
32 - Distribution of BEW plots along axis of growth rate     
33 - Position of plots in gradient space of solar radiation  
          and hurricane damage                                 
34 - Regression of API with hurricane damage                 
35 - Gradient space of solar radiation and soil water for BEW
36 - Gradient space of solar radiation and soil water for HRP

Chapter 5
37 - Foliage profile sampling methodology                    
38 - Summary foliage profiles, all sampling intervals and    
     combined into five layers
39 - Foliage profiles comparing plots with API <1.5 and      
          API >1.5
40 - Foliage profiles comparing plots with API <1.5 and      
          API >1.5 at different topographic positions
41 - Histogram of maximum canopy heights                     
42 - Foliage profiles for different topographic positions    
43 - Projected pattern of recovery of canopy structure       
44 - Comparison of two foliage profiles with similar FHD

Chapter 6
45 - Topographic position search window                      
46 - Examples of cells used to identify valleys or ridges    
47 - Simulated pattern of canopy structure dynamics          
48 - Validation of topographic classification subroutine     
49 - Simulated recovery of leaf area index - first four      
     years
50 - Simulated changes in biomass - first four years         
51 - Canopy dynamics during the first four years             
52 - Simulated changes in Average Pioneer Index -            
          over 200 Years
53 - Simulated changes in biomass over 200 years             
54 - Simulated changes in Average Pioneer Index -            
          over 1000 years
55 - Simulated changes in biomass over 1000 Years            
56 - Simulated changes in percent cover of the surviving     
     canopy layer over 1000 years
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