Responses to light and water availability of four invasive melastomataceae in the Hawaiian islands

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Baruch, Zdravko ^a   Pattison, Robert R ^b,c   Goldsteint, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Construction costs; Ecophysiology; Leaf nutrients; Melastomataceae; Nitrogen use efficiency; Plant growth; Plant invasions; Specific leaf mass

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

ARTBROSTEMA CILIATUM; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; MICONIA CALVESCENS; TIBOUCHINA BERBACEA;

EID: 0034001628     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314233     Document Type: Article

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