A thinning and fertilizing experiment in metrosideros dieback stands in Hawaii

Author:

Gerrish, Grant, Bridges, Kent W., University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dept. of Botany,

Title:

A thinning and fertilizing experiment in metrosideros dieback stands in Hawaii

Periodical:

Hawaii botanical science paper ; no. 43

Year:

1984

Pages:

iii, 107 leaves

Subject:

Ohia-lehua Metrosideros polymorpha Ohia dieback Hawaii Island Rain forest ecology Hawaii Island

Summary:

This report documents the results of the thinning and fertilizing release experiment that was run as part of the "Spatial Variation and Succession in Tropical Island Rain Forests" study, a long-term research effort conducted in the montane rain forests of Hawaii. The principal hypothesis tested was that the canopy trees are dying from nutrient starvation. The experiment was conducted on three sites in the dryland dieback regions of the rain forests on the Island of Hawaii. Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud., the dominant canopy tree in these forests, was the principal species investigated.

Collection:

Monographs