Alteration of ecosystem nitrogen dynamics by exotic plants: A case study of C₄ grasses in Hawaii

Agriculture & Biology

• biomass 4%
• case studies 75%
• combustion 7%
• degradation 9%
• ecosystems 66%
• fire regime 10%
• grasses 65%
• grasslands 19%
• Hawaii 100%
• indigenous species 24%
• Metrosideros polymorpha 24%
• mineralization 43%
• national parks 6%
• nitrogen 51%
• plant litter 30%
• primary productivity 8%
• soil 14%
• soil organic matter 34%
• species diversity 5%
• understory 7%
• volcanoes 10%
• woodlands 44%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• annual plant 21%
• biomass 4%
• combustion 5%
• decomposition 10%
• ecosystem 52%
• ecosystem process 8%
• effect 6%
• fixation 28%
• grass 76%
• grassland 18%
• litter 27%
• litterfall 37%
• loss 19%
• mineralization 33%
• national park 6%
• native species 31%
• nitrogen 53%
• plant species 6%
• primary production 6%
• rate 7%
• removal 11%
• soil 12%
• soil organic matter 35%
• understory 7%
• volcano 6%
• woodland 42%