Response of native Hawaiian woody species to lava-ignited wildfires in tropical forests and shrublands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-209

  Ainsworth, Alison ^a,b   Boone Kauffman, J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Forestry and Wildlife   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dodonaea viscosa; Fire adaptations; Hawaii; Metrosideros polymorpha; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO; LAVA FLOW; PERSISTENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDFIRE; WOODY PLANT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

DODONAEA VISCOSA; FILICOPHYTA; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; UNGULATA;

EID: 59849115745     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9538-3     Document Type: Article

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