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While I'm at it... If #moversandshakas were actually all about #kamaainacomehome, there would have been a fundamentally different strategy.
An ecology analogy: Territorial era foresters in Hawaii saw the native flora as "depauperate,"
An ecology analogy: Territorial era foresters in Hawaii saw the native flora as "depauperate,"
and subsequently introduced hundreds of species from around the world to revegetate cattle-overrun hillslopes to slow erosion. Granted, it worked for that specific purpose.
Lyon Arboretum in the back of Manoa is a hotspot of tree species we now call "invasive" including albizia
Lyon Arboretum in the back of Manoa is a hotspot of tree species we now call "invasive" including albizia
And the concern now is that invasive trees, especially early (secondary) successional species (that thrive following disturbance), are negatively impacting biogeochemical, hydrological, and ecological processes to the demise of even previously undisturbed, intact forest.
