The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, impacts forest composition and soil characteristics at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1058-1068

  Young, Hillary S ^a   Raab, Ted K ^a   McCauley, Douglas J ^a   Briggs, Amy A ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential thermal analysis; Floristic diversity; Pacific islands; Range expanding; Soil nutrients; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; COASTAL ZONE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PEDOGENESIS; PH; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENT; UNDERSTORY;

LINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PALMYRA ATOLL;

COCOS NUCIFERA; PALMYRA;

EID: 78049267247     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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