Ecosystem changes in Galápagos highlands by the invasive tree Cinchona pubescens

Plant and Soil

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 629-640

  Jäger, Heinke ^a,b   Alencastro, María José ^b   Kaupenjohann, Martin ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Conservation; Ecological impacts; Ecosystem functioning; Nutrient resorption proficiency; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; TREE; TURNOVER;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CINCHONA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; FILICOPHYTA; MICONIA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM ARACHNOIDEUM;

EID: 84884820110     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1719-8     Document Type: Article

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