Rebuilding after collapse: Evidence for long-term cohort dynamics in the native Hawaiian rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-650

  Boehmer, Hans Juergen ^a,b   Wagner, Helene H ^c   Jacobi, James D ^d   Gerrish, Grant C ^e   Mueller Dombois, Dieter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy dieback; Climate anomalies; Cohort senescence; Cyclic succession; Forest decline; Metrosideros polymorpha; Mono dominant rain forest; Montane rain forest; Permanent plots; Stand demography; Volcanic disturbance

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; DIEBACK; DISTURBANCE; NATIVE SPECIES; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SENESCENCE; VIGOR;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA KEA; MAUNA LOA; UNITED STATES;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 84880261032     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12000     Document Type: Article

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