Influence of invasive tree kill rates on native and invasive plant establishment in a Hawaiian forest

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-211

  Loh, Rhonda K ^a   Daehler, Curtis C ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Girdling; Hawai'i; Invader; Leaf; Litter; Restoration; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MORELLA FAYA;

EID: 34249655047     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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