`Ohi`a Lehua Rainforest: Born Among Hawaiian Volcanoes, Evolved in Isolation: The Story of a Dynamic Ecosystem with Relevance to Forests Worldwide

by James D. Jacobi, Hans Juergen Boehmer, Dieter Mueller-Dombois, et al.

In the early 1970s, a multidisciplinary team of forest biologists began a study of Hawaiian ecosystems under the International Biological Program (IBP). Research focus was on the intact native ecosystems in and around Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, in particular the ?Ohi'a lehua rainforest. Patches of dead 'ohi'a stands had been reported from the windward slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Subsequent air photo analyses by a team of US and Hawai'i...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615744354
• ISBN13: 9780615744353
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Friends of the Joseph Rock Herbarium
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"