Patterns of primary succession of native and introduced plants in lowland wet forests in eastern Hawai'i

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Zimmerman, Naupaka ^a   Hughes, R Flint ^a   Cordell, Susan ^a   Hart, Patrick ^b   Chang, Heather Kalei ^b   Perez, David ^a   Like, Ryan Kaipoalohaakala ^b   Ostertag, Rebecca ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem development; Invasive species; Melastoma candidum; Metrosideros polymorpha; Psidium cattleianum

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ANDES; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MELASTOMA CANDIDUM; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM;

EID: 42649089081     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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