Litter of an alien tree, Casuarina equisetifolia, inhibits seed germination and initial growth of a native tree on the Ogasawara Islands (subtropical oceanic islands)

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 384-390

  Hata, Kenji ^a   Kato, Hidetoshi ^a   Kachi, Naoki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonin Islands; Exotic species; Invasive species; Mechanical barrier; Schima mertensiana

Indexed keywords

BONIN ISLANDS; EXOTIC SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MECHANICAL BARRIER; SCHIMA MERTENSIANA;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSES; SEED; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

DICOTYLEDON; FOREST FLOOR; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL TYPE;

BONIN ISLANDS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); TOKYO [KANTO];

CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; SCHIMA;

EID: 78149498516     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0199-4     Document Type: Article

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