Sheep vs. Palila on Mauna Kea: after 200 years of damage, can these native birds recover?
- Author:
- Hess, Steven, Banko, Paul C.
- Title:
- Sheep vs. Palila on Mauna Kea: after 200 years of damage, can these native birds recover?
- Periodical:
- The Wildlife Professional
- Year:
- 2011
- Volume:
- 5
- Pages:
- 60-63
- Subject:
- Palila Feral sheep control Mauna Kea Loxioides bailleui Mamane
- Summary:
- Feral sheep and other ungulates were introduced to Hawaii Island some 200 years ago. Browsing damage to the mamane forest on the slope of Mauna Kea caused the Palila population decline. Despite of repeated attempts to eradicate the sheep, the population of sheep keeps rebounding. If palila are to survive, the sheep must go.
- Label:
- Animals - Sheep
- URL:
- http://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/pierc/assets/svp.pdf
- Collection:
- Periodicals