Variation in the impact of exotic grasses on native plant composition in relation to fire across an elevation gradient in Hawaii

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 507-522

  D'Antonio, Carla M ^a   Timothy Tunison, J ^b   Loh, Rhonda K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; C4 grasses; Fire intensity; Fire regime; Initial conditions; Introduced species; Recipient community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001715902     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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