Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican montane rain forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 675-684

  Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Tanner, Edmund V J ^b   Healey, John R ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Growth rate; Mortality; Oceanic island; Soil N; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; INVASIBILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

PITTOSPORUM; PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM;

EID: 30344488446     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)016[0675:HDAIBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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