Environment Hawaii

Volume 10 Number 6 (December 1999)

LETTERS

'Ohi'a Canopy Dieback A Natural Process

The recent proposal to exclude 4,000 acres from the Pu’u Maka’ala Natural Area Reserve is not a good idea. The disputed area was subjected to severe 'ohi’a lehua canopy dieback during the 1960s and early 1970s, and yes, it is now heavily infested by palm grass and other alien species.

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eradication alternatives feral ungulate contraceptive vaccine indgenous species William Harris snare hunting cruel Kathryn Wiese Gibson Dieter Mueller-Dombois



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	*Volume 10 Number 6 (December 1999)* LETTERS 'Ohi'a Canopy Dieback A Natural Process The recent proposal to exclude 4,000 acres from the Pu’u Maka’ala Natural Area Reserve is not a good idea. The disputed area was subjected to severe 'ohi’a lehua canopy dieback during the 1960s and early 1970s, and yes, it is now heavily infested by palm grass and other alien species. To read the full article click here. Article Keywords eradication alternatives feral ungulate contraceptive vaccine indgenous species William Harris snare hunting cruel Kathryn Wiese Gibson Dieter Mueller-Dombois
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