Landslides significantly alter land cover and the distribution of biomass: An example from the Ninole ridges of Hawai'i

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-143

  Restrepo, Carla ^a,c   Vitousek, Peter ^a   Neville, Paul ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biomass; Disturbance; Hawai'i; Land cover; Landslides; Tropical mountains

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; LAND COVER; LANDSLIDE;

UNITED STATES;

FRAXINUS; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0037994240     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023225419111     Document Type: Article

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