Paleoecology and "inter-situ" restoration on Kaua'i, Hawai'i

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 483-490

  Burney, David A ^a   Burney, Lida Pigott ^b  

^a NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b Makauwahi Cave Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISLAND; PALEOECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047686001     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070051     Document Type: Review

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