Vegetation status on Nishi-jima Island (Ogasawara) before eradication of alien herbivore mammals: Rapid expansion of an invasive alien tree, Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae)

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 484-491

  Abe, Tetsuto ^a   Yasui, Takaya ^b   Makino, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Ogasawara Wildlife Research Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alien herbivorous mammals; Angiosperm flora; Casuarina equisetifolia; Oceanic island; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ALIEN SPECIES; ANGIOSPERM FLORA; ANGIOSPERM SPECIES; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED PLANTS; NATIVE TREES; OCEANIC ISLANDS; RAPID EXPANSION; SMALL ISLAND; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER; ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RATS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GOAT; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; PEST CONTROL; RANGE EXPANSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CASUARINA; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISLANDS; MAMMALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESTORATION;

BONIN ISLANDS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

CAPRA HIRCUS; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; CASUARINACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; ZOYSIA TENUIFOLIA;

EID: 81255195627     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0239-0     Document Type: Article

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