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Article: A 19-year study of the dynamics of an invasive alien tree, Bischofia javanica, on a Subtropical Oceanic Island (1).
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- Pacific Science
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- October 1, 2006
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Abstract: A 19-yr study of the dynamics of an invasive alien species, Bischofia javanica Blume, in a secondary forest was conducted in the Bonin Islands, Japan. The study was begun in 1984 when another alien species, Pinus luchuensis Mayer, had begun to die because of infection by a pine nematode as well as typhoon damage in 1983. Diameters at breast height (DBHs) of all trees in a 20 by 20 m plot and heights of all saplings (
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OCEANIC ISLANDS ARE extremely vulnerable to invasions of human-introduced animals and plants. They often have received public attention as their endemic species are crowded out by the introduced species (Loope et al. 1988, Vitousek ...