Nā lāʻau Mammoth, Champs of the Ecosystem

Na DOUGLAS M. MAIN

 

He mea nui ka mahalo i kou mau kūpuna, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā keiki. Me he mea lā e pili ana kēia i nā lāʻau.

 

ʻO nā kumu lāʻau nui a kahiko ka nui o nā ululāʻau a puni ka honua a pāʻani i nā lawelawe kaiaola koʻikoʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia, e like me ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi noho no nā ʻano mea ola like ʻole, mai nā haʻani a hiki i nā mea lāʻau.

 

Ma waena o kā lākou mau hana waiwai ʻē aʻe, mālama ka poʻe kahiko i ka nui o ke kalapona. I loko o kahi noiʻi noiʻi ma Kaleponi ʻo Yosemite National Park, ʻo nā kumu lāʻau nui (ʻo ka poʻe me ke anawaena ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu kapuaʻi ma ke kiʻekiʻe o ka umauma) he 1 pakeneka wale nō o nā kumulāʻau akā mālama i ka hapalua o ka biomass o ia wahi, e like me kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia i kēia pule ma PLoS ONE. .

 

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