A vegetational description of the IBP small mammal trapline transects - Mauna Loa transect

Reports were scanned in black and white at a resolution of 600 dots per inch and were converted to text using Adobe Paper Capture Plug-in.Eighteen small mammal traplines were established along the IBP Mauna Loa transect to sample small mammal populations and their associated ectoparasites. The locations and vegetation descriptions of the lines are presented with emphasis on: 1) substrate, 2) major plant species, with an indication of their abundance and 3) vegetation stratification of the different community segments encountered.I wish to thank the following persons for inspiration and/or advice in the preparation of this paper: K. Bridges. D. Mueller-Dombois, F. J. Radovsky, H. Eddie Smith, and P. Q. Tomic