Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[Midnight Rambler]

Several of the major forest researchers recently put out a book called "Ohia Lehua Rainforest" that summarizes much of what's known about ohia dieback and other forest dynamics. If you're interested in the subject it's a good intro because it doesn't require a technical background in botany or even science beyond a very basic understanding of biology.
http://www.amazon.com/`Ohi`-Lehua-Rainfo...615744354/

ETA - sorry, you'll have to cut and paste the link; for some reason the okina are in the URL but it won't work here, even with the url code around it.