Fertilization with nitrogen and phosphorus increases abundance of non-native species in Hawaiian montane forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-90

  Ostertag, Rebecca ^a   Verville, Julia H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte cover; Forest understory; Invasive species; Nutrient addition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HAWAIIA; HEDYCHIUM; HEDYCHIUM GARDNERIANUM; RUBUS; RUBUS ARGUTUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0036034320     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020332824836     Document Type: Article

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