Research Ecologist
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Email:
epaxton@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
808-985-6423
Fax:
808-967-8568
ORCID:
0000-0001-5578-7689
Location
PIERC Office Bldg 344
P.O. Box 44
Bldg. 344
Hawaii National Park
, HI
96718
US
Supervisor:
Robert N Reed
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This data release includes data and metadata on 1) avian diet 2) seed rain 3) understory plant composition 4) seedling abundance and 5) sampling locations for these sites. In addition it includes data on seedling abundance, grass cover and light levels for a grass removal/seed addition experiment . All sites were within Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii Island. This study looked at multiple biotic interactions that potentially lead to self-reinforcing feedbacks within intact forest and degraded forest sites. Most of this study was done with sampling, however we also implemented an experiment in which we manipulated grass biomass and seed addition to specifically ask how these factors limit native...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge,
Hawaii,
avian diet,
botany,
ecology, All tags...
exotic grass,
forest resources,
forest restoration,
land use change,
plant competition,
plant ecology,
seed limitation,
seedling recruitment,
tropical forest dynamics, Fewer tags
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Alala, or Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis), were extinct in the wild since the early 2000s. The first effort to reintroduce captive bred Alala back into the wild was conducted at Puu Makaala Natural Area Reserve on Hawaii Island. The 2017 release cohort were released in two stages and were the only Alala in the wild. Using automated radio telemetry tracking towers (n=4) that were distributed around the release area, we tracked the birds from September 26, 2017, to May 19, 2018, to document early exploratory movement of these birds in the wild.
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This data release includes data and metadata on 1) avian diet 2) seed rain 3) understory plant composition 4) seedling abundance and 5) sampling locations for these sites. In addition it includes data on seedling abundance, grass cover and light levels for a grass removal/seed addition experiment . All sites were within Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii Island. This study looked at multiple biotic interactions that potentially lead to self-reinforcing feedbacks within intact forest and degraded forest sites. This data, in particular, focuses on the basal area of different species of fruiting plants within 20m of all of the seedrain traps.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge,
Hawaii,
avian diet,
botany,
ecology, All tags...
exotic grass,
forest resources,
forest restoration,
land use change,
plant competition,
plant ecology,
seed limitation,
seedling recruitment,
tropical forest dynamics, Fewer tags
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This data release includes data and metadata on 1) avian diet 2) seed rain 3) understory plant composition 4) seedling abundance and 5) sampling locations for these sites. In addition it includes data on seedling abundance, grass cover and light levels for a grass removal/seed addition experiment . All sites were within Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii Island. This study looked at multiple biotic interactions that potentially lead to self-reinforcing feedbacks within intact forest and degraded forest sites.
Tags: Ecology,
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge,
Hawaii,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wildlife Biology, All tags...
avian diet,
botany,
ecology,
exotic grass,
forest resources,
forest restoration,
land use change,
plant competition,
plant ecology,
seed limitation,
seedling recruitment,
tropical forest dynamics, Fewer tags
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This data release includes data and metadata containing estimated and predicted locations of radio telemetered Hawaiian waterbirds. Radio telemetry data was collected using an automated radio telemetry network from March 2016 to August 2018 on O'ahu, Hawaii, for three species: ʻAlae ʻula (Hawaiian Gallinule; Gallinula galeata sandvicensis), ʻAlae keʻokeʻo (Hawaiian Coot; Fulica alai), and Aeʻo (Hawaiian Stilt; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). Data were used in the analysis for the manuscript entitled " Hawaiian waterbird movement across a developed landscape."
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