Exotic grass invasion alters potential rates of N fixation in Hawaiian woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-187

  Ley, Ruth E ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry tropical forest; Fire; Grasslands; Hawai'i; N fixation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED PLANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE;

USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0031887045     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050366     Document Type: Article

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