HEAR bibliography
Metrosideros polymorpha

Additional information about Metrosideros polymorpha may be available on HEAR's species information page for this species.

Akashi, Yoshiko. Landscape ecology of Metrosideros dieback. University of Hawaii.

Aradhya, K.M. 1992. Genecology of Hawaiian Metrosideros (Metrosideros polymorpha). University of Hawaii.

Aradhya, K.M./Mueller-Dombois, Dieter/Ranker, T.A. 1991. Genetic evidence for recent and incipient speciation in the evolution of Hawaiian Metrosideros (Myrtaceae). Heredity 67, no. 2:129-38.

Aradhya, K.M./Mueller-Dombois, Dieter/Ranker, T.A. 1993. Genetic structure and differentiation in Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) along altitudinal gradients in Maui, Hawaii. Genetical Research 61, no. 3:159-70.

Burgan, R.W./Nelson, R.F. 1972. Decline of ohia lehua forests in Hawaii. General technical report PSW-3. U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Berkeley, CA.

Burton, Philip Joseph. 1980. Light regimes and Metrosideros regeneration in a Hawaiian montane rain forest. University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Burton, Philip Joseph. 1980. Plant invasion into an 'ohi'a-tree fern rain forest following experimental canopy opening. Proceedings, Third Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 21-39. Honolulu: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Corn, Carolyn A. 1972. Seed dispersal methods in Hawaiian Metrosideros. In Challenging biological problems: Directions toward their solution, edited by J. A. Behnke, 422-35. New York: Oxford University Press.

Drake, D.R. 1992. Seed dispersal of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae): a pioneer tree of Hawaiian lava flows. American Journal of Botany 79(11): 1224-1228.

Drake, D.R. 1993. Germination requirements of Metrosideros polymorpha, the dominant tree of Hawaiian lava flows and rain forests. Biotropica 25: 461-467.

Fosberg, F. Raymond. 1983. A possible new pathogen affecting Metrosideros in Hawaii. Newsletter of the Hawaiian Botanical Society 22:13-16.

Hwang, S.H. 1977. Ohia decline: The role of Phytophthora cinnamomi. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit Technical Report #12. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu.

Kliejunas, J.T./Ko, W.H. 1975. The occurrence of Pythium vexans in Hawaii and its relation to ohia decline. Plant Disease Reporter 59:392-95.

Kliejunas, J.T./Ko, W.H. 1976. Association of Phytophthora cinnamomi with ohia decline on the Island of Hawaii. Phytopathology 66:116-21.

Kliejunas, J.T./Scharpf, R.F./Smith, R.S. 1977. The occurrence of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Hawaii in relation to ohia forest site and edaphic factors. Plant Disease Reporter 61:290-293.

Mueller-Dombois, Dieter. 1974. The ohia dieback problem in Hawaii: a proposal for integrated research. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit Technical Report #3. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu.

Mueller-Dombois, Dieter/Jacobi, James D./Cooray, Rajit G./Balakrishnan, N. 1977. Ohia rain forest study: ecological investigations of the Ohia dieback problem in Hawaii. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit Technical Report #20. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu.

no author. Stone, Charles P./Smith, Clifford W./Tunison, J. Timothy. (eds.). 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit.

Jamieson, Dean/Denny, Jim. 2001. Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species. A Hawaii Biological Survey Handbook. Mutual Publishing.

Uchida, Janice Y./Anderson, Robert C./Kadooka, Chris Y./LaRosa, Anne Marie/Coles, Cheresa. 2008. Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) in Hawaii. CTAHR Plant Disease publication PD-38, Feb. 2008. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Honolulu. 16 pp. illus.

Anderson, Robert C./Uchida, Janet Y. 2008. Disease index for the rust Puccinia psidii on rose apple in Hawaii. CTAHR Plant Disease publication PD-38, Feb. 2008. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Honolulu. 12 pp. illus.

Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Buermeyer, K./Loope, L./La Rosa, A.M./Hauff, R. 2008. Ohia: Backbone of Hawaii's terrestrial ecosystems and culture. Poster presentation at International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, Conference on Invasive Species in International Trade, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, May 27-30, 2008.

Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

no author. Smith, Clifford W./Denslow, Julie/Hight, Stephen. (eds.). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report #129. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu.

Killgore, Eloise M. 2002. Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens. pp. 45-52 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Culliney, Thomas W./Nagamine, Walter T./Teramoto, Kenneth K. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153.

Böhmer, H.J./Gerrish, G.C./Jacobi, J.D./Mueller-Dombois, D. 2004. Regeneration of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) in dieback stands of a montane tropical rain forest. 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany, February 2004.

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