The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally dry Hawaiian woodland

Author:

D'Antonio, Carla M., Hughes, R. Flint, Mack, Michelle, Hitchcock, Derek, Vitousek, Peter M.

Title:

The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally dry Hawaiian woodland

Periodical:

Journal of Vegetation Science

Year:

1998

Volume:

9

Pages:

699-712

Subject:

Alien species control Biological invasions Competition Introduced species

Summary:

Common components of many ecosystems are plant species that are introduced through human activity. However, since invasions often occur along with habitat modification, the effects of these invasions are often difficult to measure. For example, non-native perennial grasses form 30 percent of the live understory biomass in seasonally dry, submontane forests in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, yet their effects on native species are unknown. As a result, the effect that an introduced perennial bunchgrass, known as the Schizachyrium condensatum, had on the growth and recruitment of a native woody species in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodland is investigated in this study.

Label:

Botany

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.2307/3237288

Date:

Oct., 1998

Collection:

Periodicals