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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1975-04)The following list is part of a manifold approach to identifying the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park plant populations, determining which are endemic and which exotic, and go on to developing an understanding of why some ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1996-03)Rust and smut fungi are well-defined groups of plant pathogens. These groups generally are considered to be closely allied with one another and therefore are frequently discussed together. Both groups of fungi are known ...
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(Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 2009-02)We conducted presence or absence and distribution surveys for seabirds throughout Haleakalā National Park from April through August 2005. Results showed the presence of `Ua`u (Hawaiian Petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis), ...
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(Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 2008-06)A presence/absence survey for small non-native mammals was conducted in Kalaupapa National Historical Park March–May 2005. The survey consisted of seven 500-m transects, each with 11 stations, except for one transect which ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1984-08)More than 30,000 goats have been killed in Haleakala National Park (HALE) since 1915, yet they still impart a major negative impact upon the native ecosystems. While it may be easy to fault the Park, and indeed mistakes ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1981-09)The Crater District of Haleakala was surveyed for Argentine Ants. Ants were located by turning rocks to locate colonies and by using baits to attract workers. Three species of ants were found. Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex ...
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(Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 2000-08)This report is a conglomeration of the research and monitoring that has been conducted in the area of the Hana Miconia calvescens population since this weed was addressed as a biological threat to native Hawaiian ecosystems ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1986-07)In an attempt to provide a basis for conservation measures for the remaining leeward native vegetation of East Maui, an assessment was made of the past and present status of all flowering plant species known from the area. ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1986-05)The Haleakala silversword, Arhyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (Gray) Meyrat, declined markedly in the late 1800's and early 1900's due to browsing by goats and cattle and to vandalism by humans. During the ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1991-08)Montane bogs occur on northeastern Haleakala volcano at 1450-2270 m elevation, with a distinctive, largely endemic flora dominated by the sedges Carex alligata, Carex echinata, Cara montis-eeka, Oreobolus furcatus, and ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1991-08)The increase of alien herbaceous plant species and decrease of native species in two montane bogs in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, were documented from 1982 through 1988. These two bogs, Big Bog (5.4 ha) ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1991-08)The perimeter of a montane bog at 1860 m elevation on northeastern Haleakala volcano was fenced in 1981 to provide protection from feral pig digging. This site had undisturbed native vegetation until introduced pigs arrived ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1997-02)Priorities for control of alien invasive plant species in natural areas are based on the severity of threat, the ecological value of the invaded area, management possibilities, and available human resources. Miconia ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1980-08)Fish censuses were made in three habitat types in Honaunau Bay and adjoining Alahaka Bay, Hawai'i, during the summers of 1974 to 1978. The habitats were an inshore Boulder Zone, a current-swept Drop-off Zone, and a luxuriant ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1979-06)Species distribution maps listed in Appendix A
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(Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 2008-05)The little fire ant (LFA), Wasmannia auropunctata, is an aggressive pest ant with a painful sting that has spread to many parts of the world through human commerce. In the State of Hawaii, LFA had been intercepted previously ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1988-02)Myrica faya (firetree), an aggressive alien shrub or tree infesting Hawaiian forests, is native to the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. In 1984 Donald Gardner and Charles Hodges, plant pathologists, traveled to ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1975-07-23)This report of the survey of the marine resources at Halape was conducted July 17-23, 1975. Since that time the area has been severely disturbed by natural phenomena. The November 29, 1975 earthquake, (Richter Scale magnitude ...
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(Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 2009-04)Because bats are often the only native terrestrial mammals on geographically isolated island systems, they are critical to the biodiversity of mammalian fauna. Emballonura semicaudata was once widespread and relatively ...
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(Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany, 1981-09)From 1972 through 1979 a field survey was conducted to determine what parasites were present in an 'Amakihi (Loxops virens) population from a dry forest on the island of Hawai'i. Fauna were collected from recently used ...