Claim · model-written summary
Leaf area index was reduced by 3% to 59% after Hurricane Iniki.
- Taxon
- Hawaiian Forestt0
- Treatment
- hurricanee1
- Outcome
- leaf area index (LAI)e1
- Direction
- Reductionse1
- Value
- 3% to 59%e1
- Setting
- Hawaiiant0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorQualifier
Verbatim
t0“Hurricane Damage to a Hawaiian Forest”
e1“Reductions of leaf area index (LAI) after the hurricane’s passage ranged from 3% to 59%”
Title
Hurricane Damage to a Hawaiian Forest: Nutrient Supply Rate Affects Resistance and Resilience
Darrell A. Herbert; James H. Fownes; Peter M. Vitousek Ecology 1999. doi:10.2307/177027
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Association Leaf area index reductions after the hurricane were correlated with prehurricane LAI.
- Association Leaf area index reductions were greatest in P-amended treatments.
- Observation Leaf area index recovered to near prehurricane levels within 9 months after the hurricane.
- Association Rates of leaf area index recovery were unaffected by treatment.
- Observation Fine root mortality after the hurricane ranged from 35% to 48%.
- Observation Fine root mortality recovered within 2 years after the hurricane.
- Observation Stem damage from the hurricane was largely branch removal.
- Association Large trees were damaged more frequently than small trees.
- Observation Fine litterfall caused by the storm was 1.4 times the annual input.
- Association Nutrient transfers to the forest floor after the hurricane approximated those of a typical year.
- Intervention effect In +P treatments, stem diameter increment and ANPP declined after the hurricane but returned to prehurricane values 2 years later.
- Intervention effect In -P treatments, stem diameter increment and ANPP remained low after the hurricane.
- Association Rates of recovery of stem growth and ANPP to prehurricane levels were greater in +P treatments.
- Association ANPP per unit leaf area was much greater in +P treatments.
- Association Ecosystem resistance and resilience are inversely related.
- Association Resistance decreases as supply rates of limiting resources increase.
- Association Resilience increases as supply rates of limiting resources increase.
- Recommendation Structural and functional components of resistance and resilience should be considered separately.