Primary Succession on a Hawaiian Dryland Chronosequence.

We used measurements from airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR to quantify the biophysical structure and composition of vegetation on a dryland substrate age gradient in Hawaii. Both vertical stature and species composition changed during primary succession, and reveal a progressive increase in v...

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Main Authors: Kealohanuiopuna M Kinney, Gregory P Asner, Susan Cordell, Oliver A Chadwick, Katherine Heckman, Sara Hotchkiss, Marjeta Jeraj, Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin, David E Knapp, Erin J Questad, Jarrod M Thaxton, Frank Trusdell, James R Kellner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4467043?pdf=render