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Canopy dieback and successional processes in Pacific forests

Author:
Mueller-Dombois, Dieter
Title:
Canopy dieback and successional processes in Pacific forests
Periodical:
Pacific Science
Year:
1983
Volume:
37
Pages:
317-325
Subject:
Canopy dieback Ohia dieback Metrosideros polymorpha Ecosystem management
Summary:
This document describes massive tree dieback that has occurred periodically in the montane rainforests of Hawaii. Throughout this paper, particular emphasis is placed on the Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) tree -- a prevailing upper canopy tree species that occurs throughout most of this forest on all high Hawaiian islands. Described are sites in which canopy dieback occurs, five main dieback patterns, a chain-reaction process that occurs during a dieback, and the successional processes that occur in the forests in the Pacific.
Label:
Botany - Ohia
URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/729
Collection:
Periodicals