Decline of ohia lehua forests in Hawaii
- Author:
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Burgan, Robert E., Nelson, Robert E., Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley Calif.),
- Title:
- Decline of ohia lehua forests in Hawaii
- Periodical:
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-3
- Year:
- 1972
- Pages:
- 4 p.
- Subject:
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Ohia-lehua
Ohia dieback Hawaii Island
Metrosideros collina
Forests and forestry
- Summary:
- Thousands of acres of ohia lehua (Metrosideros collina) forests on the island of Hawaii have died, and tree death is progressing rapidly into healthy forests. Most of the losses are on State-owned lands. Some of the earlier decline was attributed to frost and sulphur dioxide. But other factors, including possibly the shoestring root-rot (Armillaria mellea), are responsible for the current losses. Federal and State agencies are seeking to determine the main causes of the decline and what control measures are feasible.
- URL:
- http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/25213
- Collection:
- Monographs