Prevalence of tree regeneration by sprouting and seeding along a rainfall gradient in Hawai'i

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-86

  Busby, Posy E ^a   Vitousek, Peter ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feral pig disturbance; Sus scrofa; Tropical dry forest; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; DRY FOREST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PIG; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 73649112381     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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