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

Agriculture & Biology

• woodlands 94%
• shrubs 81%
• indigenous species 79%
• grasses 69%
• Styphelia 38%
• saplings 20%
• Osteomeles 19%
• tree trunk 18%
• Metrosideros polymorpha 15%
• Metrosideros 15%
• Dodonaea viscosa 15%
• soil 14%
• volcanoes 12%
• dry forests 11%
• biomass 11%
• carbon isotopes 11%
• nitrogen 11%
• perennial grasses 10%
• Hawaii 10%
• understory 9%
• national parks 8%
• species recruitment 8%
• tissues 8%
• leaves 8%
• soil water 7%
• shoots 6%
• seedlings 5%
• water 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• native species 100%
• woodland 89%
• grass 80%
• shrub 78%
• removal 49%
• sapling 21%
• tissue 12%
• growth response 10%
• dry forest 10%
• biomass 10%
• soil nitrogen 9%
• shoot 9%
• understory 9%
• seedling 8%
• carbon isotope 8%
• national park 7%
• soil surface 7%
• volcano 7%
• soil moisture 7%
• mortality 6%
• moisture 6%
• nitrogen 5%
• soil 3%
• water 2%
• effect 2%