The status of the Mauna Kea silversword
- Author:
- Carr, Gerald D., Meyrat, Alain
- Title:
- The status of the Mauna Kea silversword
- Periodical:
- Proceedings, Fourth Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
- Year:
- 1982
- Pages:
- p.34-39.
- Subject:
- Silverswords Mauna Kea Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense
- Summary:
- A species that was once locally dominant and whose distribution formerly encircled the upper flanks of Mauna Kea is now severely restricted. Notwithstanding total elimination of feral animal activity in its habitat, extinction of this magnificent product of insular evolution appears imminent.
- URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18426
- Collection:
- Monographs