Interactions of fire and nonnative species across an elevation/plant community gradient in Hawaii volcanoes national park

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-655

  Ainsworth, Alison ^a   Kauffman, J Boone ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Invasive species; Metrosideros polymorpha; Sprouting; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELEVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAVA FLOW; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VOLCANO; WILDFIRE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

DICRANOPTERIS LINEARIS; FILICOPHYTA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; NEPHROLEPIS MULTIFLORA; PASPALUM; PASPALUM CONJUGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 78149257171     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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