Moderating night radiative cooling reduces frost damage to Metrosideros polymorpha seedlings used for forest restoration in Hawaii

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-169

  Scowcroft, Paul G ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^b   Goldstein, Guillermo ^c   Melcher, Peter J ^c   Jeffrey, Jack ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; El Nino; Frost injury; Nurse tree; Reforestation; Tropical islands

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FROST; INJURY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

ACACIA KOA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0034120015     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80023.x     Document Type: Article

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