Biological Invasion by Myrica faya Alters Ecosystem Development in Hawaii
- 6 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 238 (4828) , 802-804
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4828.802
Abstract
The exotic nitrogen-fixing tree Myrica faya invades young volcanic sites where the growth of native plants is limited by a lack of nitrogen. Myrica quadruples the amount of nitrogen entering certain sites and increases the overall biological availability of nitrogen, thereby altering the nature of ecosystem development after volcanic eruptions.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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