Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Frederick N Scatena

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

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The cloud forests of tropical mountains are high on the list of the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Nevertheless, they are important sources of water, sites of high endemism, and excellent ecosystems for monitoring both local and global climate change. The focus of this research is on quantifying the hydrologic resources of these ecosystems and in developing the scientific basis for their sustainable management.

Recent Publications

Bruijnzeel L.A., Mulligan M., Scatena F.N., 2010 Hydrometeorology of tropical montane cloud forests: emerging patterns. Hydrological Processes Wileyonlinelibrary.com DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7974

Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel L.A., Bupp P., Das S., 2010. Chapter 1. Setting the stage. In Bruijnzeel L.A.., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

Roman L., Scatena F.N., Bruijnzeel L.A., 2010 Global and local variations in tropical montane cloud forest soils. Chapter 6 in Bruijnzeel L.A.., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

Holwerda F., Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., 2010 Comparison of passive fog gages for determining fog duration and fog interception by a Puerto Rican elfin cloud forest. Chapter 29 in Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

Holwerda F., Bruijnzeel L.A., Oord A.L., Scatena F.N., 2010. Fog interception in a Puerto Rican elfin cloud forest: a wet-canopy water budget approach. Chapter 29 in Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

van der Molen M. K., Vugts H., Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Pielke R.A Sr., Kroon L.J.M. 2010. Meso-scale climate change due to lowland deforestation in the maritime tropics. Chapter 54. in Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.

Bruijnzeel L.A., Kappelle M., Mulligan M., Scatena F.N., 2010. Tropical montane cloud forests:state of knowledge and sustainability perspectives in a changing world. Chapter 74 in Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Hamilton L. 2010. Editors Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. ISBM 978-0-521-76035-5.