Storrs and Olson and Olson and James had two nice papers on what was lost in the Hawaiian Islands after humans arrived. There was an amazing variety of species extirpated by humans.

Hal Michael
Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/
Olympia WA
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> On 08/30/2023 12:48 AM PDT Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Tweeters,

> I wonder what bird species were there before the plantations.

> Dan Reiff

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> How 19th-century pineapple plantations turned Maui into a tinderbox

> Land privatization and water depletion set the stage for the Lahaina fire 150 years ago. Now, land companies may benefit even more

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> Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/APhWuDK5ORn6rrndvWWeZNw

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> Shared from Apple News https://www.apple.com/news

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