The ecology of the climbing fern Dicranopteris linearis on windward Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 765-779

  Russell, Ann E ^a   Raich, James W ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Dicranopteris linearis; Ecosystem development; Fern ecology; Growth form; Hawaii; Hawaiian rainforests; Mauna Loa; Nutrient use; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ISLAND; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; POLYNESIA; RAINFOREST; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RAINFOREST;

HAWAII; MAUNA LOA; UNITED STATES;

DICRANOPTERIS LINEARIS; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0031732359     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.8650765.x     Document Type: Article

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