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

Thanks Philip

Regards
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.

On 31 May 2016, at 9:16 pm, Philip Veerman < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote:

> You might try asking Australian Network for Plant Conservation anbg.gov.au/anpc/ your question about I don’t know if Australian members of Myrtaceae are at threat. Can anyone on Birding Aus tell me?
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> Philip
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> —–Original Message—–
> From: Birding-Aus [anbg.gov.au/anpc/ your question about I don’t know if Australian members of Myrtaceae are at threat. Can anyone on Birding Aus tell me?
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> Philip
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> —–Original Message—–
> From: Birding-Aus [www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/ unitedstates/hawaii/explore/ohia-wilt.xml.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
>
>