Light management for landscape restoration: suppression of a model weedy light-demanding pioneer shrub, Ulex Europaeus on Mauna Kea, Hawaii
- Author:
- Perry, Cheyenne Hiapo
- Title:
- Light management for landscape restoration: suppression of a model weedy light-demanding pioneer shrub, Ulex Europaeus on Mauna Kea, Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Tropical conservation biology and environmental science
- Year:
- 2010
- Volume:
- M.S.
- Subject:
- Gorse Ulex europaeus Weeds control
- Summary:
- The Ulex europaeus L. or gorse is a non-native, leguminous, rangeland week in Hawaii that can be found in two major infestations in the State of Hawaii -- one on the eastern slope of Mauna Kea and the other on Maui. The objective of this study was to determine how reduced light levels, that are representative of different forest canopies, affects the relative growth rate and reproductive capacity of U. europaeus. Specifically, this research will clarify the role that light availability plays in suppressing common woody weeds that are present on degraded open lands such as deteriorated pasture, eroded land, or disturbed soil and how planted forests and light manipulation are a sustainable management strategy for controlling woody weeds.
- URL:
- https://hilo.hawaii.edu/maunakea/documents/library/light-management-for-landscape-restoration.pdf
- Date:
- December 2010
- Collection:
- Monographs