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Response of Metrosideros Polymorpha seedlings to experimental canopy opening

Author:
Burton, Philip J., Mueller-Dombois, Dieter
Title:
Response of Metrosideros Polymorpha seedlings to experimental canopy opening
Periodical:
Ecology
Year:
1984
Volume:
65
Pages:
779-791
Subject:
Acclimation Canopy opening Experimental ecology Habitat ecology modification Ohia-lehua Metrosideros polymorpha Microclimates Ohia dieback Shade tolerant plants Survival analysis biometry Tropical rain forests
Summary:
This investigation was based on the theory that Metrosideros polymorpha seedlings die of light starvation in deep shade after an undetermined number of months but respond significantly to increased light intensities, with regard to height growth, when a canopy gap is formed. As a result, the objective of this study was to determine: 1) How ohia seedlings, that are established in the shade of tree ferns, would respond to a sudden increase in light; 2) If a canopy opening would increase the number of ohia seedlings, 3) Whether these new seedlings would respond differently than the shade-established seedlings, 4) Whether the suspected high seedling mortality under the dense three fern canopy was related to low levels of light. This study was done on in an area that is located approximately 1 kilometer northeast of the first bend in Wright Road, in the Olaa Tract of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This area is 5.4 kilometers northeast of the Kilauea Caldera and north of the Volcano village on the island of Hawaii.
Label:
Botany - Ohia
URL:
http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.2307/1938050
Date:
1984
Collection:
Periodicals