Morella cerifera invasion and nitrogen cycling on a lowland Hawaiian lava flow

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Kurten, Erin L ^a   Snyder, Carolyn P ^a   Iwata, Terri ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawai'i; Invasive species; Metrosideros polymorpha; Morella; Myrica; Nitrogen cycling; Succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; SYMBIONT; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HILO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MORELLA; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 38349100700     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9101-5     Document Type: Article

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