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birds affected by the die-off of native trees in Hawai'i

To: 'Denise Goodfellow' <>, "'Philip A. Veerman'" <>
Subject: birds affected by the die-off of native trees in Hawai'i
From: Stephen Ambrose <>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 23:54:21 +0000
According to the plant list in the following link, Australian Myrtaceae would 
be at risk from the fungus.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tcharrin/CABIinfo.html

Kind regards,
Stephen

Stephen Ambrose
Ryde NSW

 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of 
> Denise Goodfellow
> Sent: Tuesday, 31 May, 2016 8:01 PM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] birds affected by the die-off of native trees in 
> Hawai'i
> 
> 
> Good evening all.  Some of you may have heard of the die-off of trees in 
> Hawai’i.  Here are a couple of reports.  
> 
> "Since its discovery in 2010, rapid ohia death has devastated thousands of 
> acres of native forests throughout Hawaii Island. Ohia, one of the most 
> important forest trees in Hawai’i” 
> <http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/state-considers-permanent-ohia-transport-ban>.
>    
> 
> The Nature Conservancy puts the number of  tree deaths at 100 000, half the 
> trees on the Big Island 
> http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/ 
> unitedstates/hawaii/explore/ohia-wilt.xml.  
> 
> Indigenous Hawai’ian elder, Leilehua Yuen has just written: Pretty much all 
> forest birds (are affected). The ʻōhiʻa-lehua is a keystone tree, comprising 
> up to 80% of a given forest stand.  
> 
> The culprit is a fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata.  I don’t know if Australian 
> members of Myrtaceae are at threat.  Can anyone on Birding Aus tell me?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow
> PO Box 71
> Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
> 043 8650 835
> 
> PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
> 
> Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia
> Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International  Ecotourism Award, 2004.
> 
> With every introduction of a plant or animal that goes feral this continent 
> becomes a little less unique, a little less Australian.
> 
> 

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