The effect of cattle grazing on koa reproduction in Hawaii Volcano National Park

Author:

Baldwin, Paul H., Fagerlund, Gunnar O.

Title:

The effect of cattle grazing on koa reproduction in Hawaii Volcano National Park

Periodical:

Ecology

Year:

1943

Volume:

24

Pages:

118-122

Subject:

Koa Acacia koa Cattle Mauna Loa Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Summary:

Since cattle grazing has had a severe effect upon many types of Hawaiian vegetation, grassland now occupies lands where luxurious forests once existed. A tree that has been particularly susceptible to cattle damage is the native koa (Acacia koa) tree as this prominent and important tree is regressing rapidly toward extinction in many areas on the island of Hawaii. While the manner in which grazing has had a negative impact on the koa has been casually mentioned in literature regarding Hawaiian forestry, the subject of the negative effect that cattle grazing has had on the Koa has received no systematic analysis. As a result, this study provides an analysis on how cattle have damaged pure koa forests that occur between the 4000 to 6000 foot mid-elevation level of Mauna Loa in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Label:

Botany - Koa

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.2307/1929868

Date:

January 1943

Collection:

Periodicals