Understory colonization of eucalyptus plantations in Hawaii in relation to light and nutrient levels

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-485

  Ostertag, Rebecca ^a   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Cordell, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Hawaii; Regeneration; Secondary succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

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

CITHAREXYLUM CAUDATUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS MICROCORYS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA;

EID: 51349115256     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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