Hurricane damage to a Hawaiian forest: Nutrient supply rate affects resistance and resilience

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 908-920

  Herbert, Darrell A ^a,c   Fownes, James H ^a,d   Vitousek, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fertilization; Hurricane; Kauai, Hawaii; Leaf area; Montane tropical forest; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Productivity; Resilience; Resistance; Roots

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST; HURRICANE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESILIENCE; STORM DAMAGE;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 0032944718     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0908:HDTAHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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