Recovery of goat-damaged vegetation in an insular tropical montane forest

Author:

Scowcroft, Paul G., Hobdy, Robert

Title:

Recovery of goat-damaged vegetation in an insular tropical montane forest

Periodical:

Biotropica

Year:

1987

Volume:

19

Pages:

208-215

Subject:

Feral goats Island ecology Koa Montane tropical forest

Summary:

The feral goat, (Capra hircus), and other alien ungulates were introduced into Hawaii at around 1780 A.D., and became established in the wild in large populations by the 1850s. As a result, this alien herbivore that has wreaked havoc in island ecosystems, including the dry, rugged, and relatively inaccessible montane koa parkland on the islands of Maui and Hawaii. Since this has concerned ecologists and managers, the objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of koa parkland on Maui to recover naturally from browsing damage if goats are eliminated.

Label:

Animals

URL:

http://treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/38031

Date:

1987

Collection:

Periodicals