Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[pbmaise]

If Ohia are sensitive/stressed by imaginary emissions, they should also show stress at actual sites of emmission.

The ohia trees at the steamvents lived just fine in a near constant mist of gas coming from below. They would not have grown there if the emissions were bad. Go up to the summit and walk the trail along Iki Caldera and view huge ohia that survive fine too. They survived right next to a giant lava eruption.

So refocus please on the actual cause of death

fungus


and focus on vectors

Vectors are how fungus gets in.

A. Root system?
B. Bark beetles?
C. Carpenter bees?

Is there a new vector?
A. LFA?
B. Rotting strawberry guava fruit?
C. Pigs digging up root systems?
D. New bark beetle?

Is population of vector out of check?
A. Low kikiki huna population?
B. Coqui frog changed ecosystem?