Future directions for forest restoration in Hawai‘i

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 733-746

  Friday, James B ^a   Cordell, Susan ^b   Giardina, Christian P ^b   Inman Narahari, Faith ^a   Koch, Nicholas ^c   Leary, James J K ^a   Litton, Creighton M ^a   Trauernicht, Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Forest Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Invasive species; Nurseries; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; WEED CONTROL;

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NURSERIES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RESTORATION PROJECT;

CONSERVATION;

BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84944517028     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9507-3     Document Type: Article

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