Holdridge developed his system for Costa Rica. Thus, the model works best for Central America. However, the Holdridge model have been used to classify forest types in most ecological researches in Puerto Rico, which has a great affinity with the Dominican Republic in species composition.
Check the publication list of the Institute for tropical ecosystems studies' website from the LTER: Luq-site. ITES As well, Common trees of Puerto Rico and the West Indies by F. Wadsworth and E. Little, US department of forestry Pedro Anglada --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Holdridge system has been used for ecological > mapping in most of Latin America. I am sure that a > map using this system must exist for the Dominican > Republic. I believe that Holdridge developed the > system in the Dominican Republic. > > Bob Mowbray > Tropical Forest Ecologist > ------------- Original message from Gregor Sharam > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > > > I am working on a vegetation map for parts of > southern Dominican > > Republic and am wondering if there is a standard > vegetation/ecological > > classification system for the Caribbean? > > I am largely concerned with montane and cloud > forests in the > > south-central massif across Hispaniola. > > > > Cheers, > > Greg Sharam > > > > -- > > Gregory J. Sharam PhD > > Biodiversity Research Centre, > > University of British Columbia, > > 6270 university Blvd. > > Vancouver, BC > > V6R-2C7 > > ++ 778-772-4734 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
