The Mauna Kea silversword : a species on the brink of extinction
- Author:
- Powell, Elizabeth
- Title:
- The Mauna Kea silversword : a species on the brink of extinction
- Periodical:
- Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter
- Year:
- 1985
- Volume:
- 324
- Pages:
- 44-57
- Subject:
- Silverswords Mauna Kea Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.sandwicense Ahinahina Feral sheep Mammalian Predation
- Summary:
- This document describes the history of the once abundant Mauna Kea silversword, (Argyroxiphium sandwicense), and the serious decline that has occurred of this plant as a result of introduced and grazing feral sheep as they started to inhabit the upper slopes of Mauna Kea. Also described are restoration efforts that went into effect as a renewed interest in the plight of the silversword began on the island of Hawaii in the early 1970s.
- Label:
- Silverswords
- Date:
- 1985
- Collection:
- Periodicals