Effects of an African grass invasion on Hawaiian shrubland nitrogen biogeochemistry

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-211

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Beatty, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

African grasses; biological invasions; ecosystem processes; Hawaii; Melinis minutiflora; nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA; MELINIS; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030467101     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02415515     Document Type: Article

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