The phenology of the dryland forest of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the impact of recent environmental perturbations

Author:

Van Riper, Charles III

Title:

The phenology of the dryland forest of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the impact of recent environmental perturbations

Periodical:

Biotropica

Year:

1980

Volume:

12

Pages:

282-291

Subject:

Sophora Chrysophylla Tropical dry forests Phenology Mauna Kea

Summary:

This study was done from April, 1973 through August, 1975 in an effort to compare the forest composition and reproductive strategies of two primary tree species of Hawaii -- the Sophora chrysophylla (Leguminosae) and the Myoporum sandwicense (Myoporaceae). These are the most abundant trees of this last remaining native dry forest ecosystem in Hawaii that is composed of 12,000 hectares of a high mountain savanna on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea. This study was done in an effort to define the composition and phenology patterns of these two dominant tree species, and to determine the influence that man and feral mammals had upon the ecosystem.

Label:

Ecology - Dry Forests

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2075/stable/2387700

Date:

1980

Collection:

Periodicals