A non-native invasive grass increases soil carbon flux in a Hawaiian tropical dry forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 726-739

  Litton, Creighton M ^a,c   Sandquist, Darren R ^a   Cordell, Susan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground carbon cycling; Hawaii; Invasive species; Litter decomposition; Litterfall; Pennisetum setaceum ('fountain grass'); Soil carbon pools and fluxes; Soil surface CO2 efflux ('soil respiration')

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

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

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM SETACEUM; POACEAE;

EID: 41149159093     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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