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

Holwerda F., Burkard R., Eugster W., Scatena F.N., Meesters A.G., Bruijnzeel L.A., 2006 Estimating fog deposition at a Puerto Rican elfin cloud forest site: comparison of the water budget and eddy covariance methods. Hydrological processes 20:2669-2692

Roman L., Scatena F.N., 2007 Tropical Montane cloud forest soils: an overview. Mountains in the Mist: Conserving and Managing Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Symposium Proceedings. August 2004

Schellekens J., Bruijnzeel L.A., Scatena F.N., Bink N.J., Holwerda F., 2000. Evaporation from a tropical rain forest, Luquillo Experimental Forest, eastern Puerto Rico. Water Resources Research Vol. 36, No. 8:2183-2196

Olander L.P., Scatena F.N., Silver W.L., 1998. Impacts of disturbance initiated by road construction in a subtropical cloud forest in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management Vol. 109:33-49

Hamilton L.S., Juvik J, Scatena F.N., 1995 Editors. Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies 110. Springer-Verlag