Recent replacement of native pili grass (Heteropogon contortus) by invasive African grasses in the Hawaiian Islands

Pacific Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-227

  Daehler, Curtis C ^b   Carino, Debbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUFFEL GRASS; FOUNTAIN GRASS; GUINEA GRASS; INTRODUCED GRASS; PILI GRASS;

USA, HAWAII, OAHU;

CENCHRUS CILIARIS; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PENNISETUM SETACEUM;

EID: 0031730276     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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