Restoring critical habitat for Hawaii's endangered palila by reducing ungulate populations

Author:

Conrad, C. Eugene, Scowcroft, Paul G.

Title:

Restoring critical habitat for Hawaii's endangered palila by reducing ungulate populations

Periodical:

Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Year:

1988

Volume:

24

Pages:

72-79

Subject:

Birds habitat Endangered species birds Feral sheep control Mauna Kea Loxioides bailleui Mamane Palila

Summary:

This paper was presented at the "Hawaii Forestry and Wildlife Conference" that was held in Hilo, Hawaii, from February 10 - 13, 1988. It describes the drastically reducing populations of feral sheep (Ovis aries), mouflon sheep (Ovis musimon), feral-mouflon hybrids, and feral goats (Capra hircus) on Mauna Kea. Here, key management actions were done to in an effort to promote the recovery of the critical habitat for an endangered Hawaiian forest bird that is known as the palila (Loxioides bailleui). Also described is the recovery of the mamane (Sophora chrysophylla), the most important plant species for the Palila and the dominant tree that is found in much of the subalpine woodland. Studied were the inside and outside exclosures of this forest with the results of this study described herein.

Label:

Birds - Palila

URL:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/38028

Collection:

Periodicals