Stocktype and grass suppression accelerate the restoration trajectory of Acacia koa in Hawaiian montane ecosystems

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 855-867

  Pinto, Jeremiah R ^a   Davis, Anthony S ^b   Leary, James J K ^c   Aghai, Matthew M ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grass supression; Hawai i; Seedlings; Site preparation; Soil moisture; Stocktype

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HERBICIDES; MOISTURE; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SEED; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIMBER; WEED CONTROL;

PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PLANT APPLICATIONS; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SEEDLINGS; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SITE PREPARATION; STOCKTYPE; SUPRESSION;

FORESTRY;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GLYPHOSATE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMAZAPYR; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEGUME; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEW RECORD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOT; SEEDLING; SELECTION; SILVICULTURE; SITE EFFECT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TRAJECTORY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI;

ACACIA KOA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM;

EID: 84944516442     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9492-6     Document Type: Article

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