Barriers to shrub reestablishment following fire in the seasonal submontane zone of Hawaii

Author:

Hughes, Flint, Vitousek, Peter M.

Title:

Barriers to shrub reestablishment following fire in the seasonal submontane zone of Hawaii

Periodical:

Oecologia

Year:

1993

Volume:

93

Pages:

557-563

Subject:

Fire ecology Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Summary:

This document describes the differing effects that fires have on native shrub cover and on introduced grass species that have extensively invaded areas of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawaii. While grass cover is enhanced following a fire, native shrub cover is reduced and frequently persists for at least 20 years -- even in the absence of fire. In this paper, the factors that limit the post-fire reestablishment of four common native shrub species were investigated. These were the Styphelia tameiameiae, Dodonaea viscosa, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, and Wikstroemia phillyreifolia. A focus was placed on the interactions between alien grasses and native shrubs both before and following a fire throughout the investigation.

Label:

Botany

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1007/BF00328965

Date:

April 1993

Collection:

Periodicals