Invasive-dominated grasslands in Hawai'i are resilient to disturbance.

ABSTRACT: Non-native-dominated landscapes may arise from invasion by competitive plant species, disturbance and invasion of early-colonizing species, or some combination of these. Without knowing site history, however, it is difficult to predict how native or non-native communities will reassemble after disturbance events. Given increasing disturbance levels across anthropogenically impacted landscapes, predictive understanding of these patterns is important. We asked how disturbance affected community assembly in six invaded habitat types common in dryland, grazed landscapes on Island of Hawai'i. We mechanically disturbed 100 m² plots in six vegetation types dominated by one of four invasive perennial grasses (Cenchrus ciliaris, Cenchrus clandestinus, Cenchrus setaceus</

SUBMITTER: Yelenik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10951494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature