Microclimate change and effect on fire following forest-grass conversion in seasonally dry tropical woodland

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-297

  Freifelder, Rachel R ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DRY SEASON; FIRE; GRASS; MICROCLIMATE;

HAWAII; HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 0032426950     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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