Early succession in pig-disturbed mountain parkland, Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
Tunison JT, Loh RK, Pratt LW, Kageler VA. 1994. Early succession in pig-disturbed mountain parkland, Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Cooperative National Park Rescources Studies Unit Technical Report Series. CPSU Technical report 89. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Honolulu, HI
Documents successional patterns in areas damaged by pigs following pig removal(1985-1992). Authors noted successional changes of grasses, including Deschampia nubigena and velvet grass (Holcus lanatus). Includes management recommendations. Tables give percent covers in five plant communities: Aalii/Velvet Grass; Deschampsia-Velvet Grass; Sweet Vernal Grass; Pukiawe/Deschampsia; and Velvet Grass, Deschampsis.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tunison, J; Loh, Rhonda; Pratt, Linda; Kageler, V
- Date of Issue
- 1994-04
- Publisher
- Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- `A`ali`i, Alien, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Deschampsia nubigena, Dodonea viscosa, Eradication, Exotic, feral pigs, feral ungulate, Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park HI, Holcus lanatus, Mauna Loa, Mountain parkland, Plant, Plant Studies, Pukiawe, Recovery, Styphelia tameiameiae, Succession, Sus scrofa, Sweet Vernalgrass, Vegetation, Velvet Grass