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- Title
A Conversation on the UH Botany Department, Vegetation Ecology, and Life with Professor Emeritus Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois.
- Authors
Hart-Fredeluces, Georgia; Duffy, David
- Abstract
In the interview transcript below, Emeritus Professor Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois talks about his prolific career in the Department of Botany (now a program within the Life Sciences Department) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Dr. Mueller-Dombois describes major projects and publications across his time in Canada, Sri Lanka, and Hawai'i, his experiences as a soldier in WWII, and his deep appreciation for the Hawaiian flora and for the Botany Department that inspired and nourished his far-reaching and deeply impactful contributions to the field of forest ecology. Included is a discussion of his work on 'ōhi'a (Metrosideros polymorpha) stand-level dieback in the 1980s in connection to the more recent episode of rapid 'ōhi'a death. Although the Botany Department is now merged with other departments, Dr. Mueller-Dombois hoped for it to remain with a distinct identity. In his view, it was an amiable department that made critical contributions to understanding and protecting the tremendous natural and cultural heritage of Hawai'i.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; HONOLULU (Hawaii); UNIVERSITY of Hawaii at Manoa; BOTANY; FOREST ecology; COLLEGE teachers; CULTURAL property; LIFE sciences
- Publication
Pacific Science, 2023, Vol 77, Issue 2/3, p349
- ISSN
0030-8870
- Publication type
Article