Cattle grazing, forest loss, and fuel loading in a dry forest ecosystem at Pu'u Wa'aWa'a ranch, Hawai'i

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 625-632

  Blackmore, Murray ^a,b   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forest; Fuel loading; Grass fire cycle; Grazing; Hawai'i; Pennisetum clandestinum; Pennisetum setaceum

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FIRE; FOREST COVER; FUEL; GRAZING; HABITAT LOSS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAWAII; PU'U WA'A WA'A; UNITED STATES;

PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PENNISETUM SETACEUM;

EID: 0034496346     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00509.x     Document Type: Article

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