Landslides, alien species, and the diversity of a Hawaiian montane mesic ecosystem

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-420

  Restrepo, Carla ^a,b   Vitousek, Peter ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Alien species; Disturbance; Diversity; Hawai'i; Landslides; Montane tropical forest; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

FRAXINUS; HAWAIIA; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; ORCHIDACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0035730997     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00195.x     Document Type: Article

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