Linking dominant Hawaiian tree species to understory development in recovering pastures via impacts on soils and litter
- Author:
- Yelenik, Stephanie G.
- Title:
- Linking dominant Hawaiian tree species to understory development in recovering pastures via impacts on soils and litter
- Periodical:
- Restoration Ecology
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 25
- Pages:
- 42-52
- Subject:
- Ohia Metrosideros polymorpha Koa Acacia koa Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Summary:
- The author surveyed understory communities, exotic grass biomass, standing litter pools, and soil properties under two dominant canopy trees -- Metrosideros polymorpha (ohia) and Acacia koa (koa) -- in recovering Hawaiian forests, and estimated the effects of trees on native understory using structural equation models (SEMs). It is suggested that diverse plantings with species that have high carbon to nitrogen ratios may help improve the negative indirect effects of koa on natural understory regeneration.
- Label:
- Ecology
- URL:
- https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70180542
- Date:
- January 2017
- Collection:
- Periodicals