Altitudinal resource zonation versus vertical control: land use conflict on two Hawaiian mountains

Author:

Juvik, James O., Juvik, Sonia P., Hamilton, Lawrence S.

Title:

Altitudinal resource zonation versus vertical control: land use conflict on two Hawaiian mountains

Periodical:

Mountain Research and Development

Year:

1992

Volume:

12

Pages:

211-226

Subject:

Land use Mauna Kea Land use Mauna Loa

Summary:

This document describes land-use issues of Mauna Kea as a result of localized climatic diversity of the mountain and the very high endemism of the native biota of the area that exceeds 90 percent for most of the terrestrial plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates. The high proportion of localized endemic species, in addition to the relatively small spatial dimensions of the different ecosystem types, presents a special set of problems with regard to the land-use management of the mountain especially as it relates to the protection of biodiversity. Problems associated with the control of human-introduced alien species of plants as well as animals such as feral ungulates that have contributed severely to the mountain's ecosystem disturbance has led to conflicts between competing interest groups such as hunters and conservationists. As a result, this paper includes an analysis that was done of existing land use and other conflicts that have occurred along the windward and leeward altitudinal transects on both Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

Label:

Mauna Kea - General

Date:

1992

Collection:

Periodicals