Long-term impacts of invasive grasses and subsequent fire in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodlands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1617-1628

  D'Antonio, Carla M ^a   Hughes, R F ^b   Tunison, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; Climate; Grass fire cycle; Hawaiian dry forest; Invader impacts; Long term impacts, Melinis minutiflora; Morella faya; Nitrogen limitation, plant succession; Schizachyrium condensatum

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DRY FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VOLCANIC SOIL; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HAWAII; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; MORELLA FAYA; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM CONDENSATUM;

EID: 79960374553     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0638.1     Document Type: Article

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