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Secondary forests in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, subject to human disturbance as well as hurricanes, are coming under increasing land-use pressure with a rising population density and the remaining primary forest becoming more remote from settlements. The practice of slash-and-burn agriculture is commonly carried out by local communities. This study reports on estimates of how the secondary forests...