BIBLIOGRAPHY: Selected CTAHR forestry and agroforestry publications since 1990
Note: References are listed in alphabetical order by author. For references on termites and resistance of local and tropical woods to termite attack, see the reference list on the UH CTAHR Termite Project web pages.
Ammondt, S, CM Litton, LE Ellsworth, and JK Leary. 2012. Restoration of native plant communities in a Hawaiian lowland dry ecosystem dominated by the invasive grass Megathyrsus maximus. Applied Vegetation Science: Accepted with revisions.
Ammondt, S, and CM Litton. 2012. Competition between native Hawaiian plants and the invasive grass Megathyrsus maximus: Implications of functional diversity for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology: In press.
Anderson, RC, DE Gardner, CC Daehler, and FC Meinzer. 2002. Dieback of Acacia koa in Hawaii: ecological and pathological characteristics of affected stands. Forest Ecology and Management 162: 273-286.
Ares, A, JH Fownes, and P Simmons. 2008. Wood production and native vegetation conservation in Hawaii’s uplands. West. J. Appl. For. 23 (3): 177-182.
Ares, A and JH Fownes. 2001. Productivity, resource use, and competitive interactions of Fraxinus uhdei in Hawaii uplands. Can J. For. Res. 31: 132-142.
Ares, A and JH Fownes. 2000. Productivity, nutrient and water-use efficiency of Eucalyptus saligna and Toona ciliata in Hawaii. For. Ecol. and Mgmt. 139: 227-236.
Ares, A and JH Fownes. 2000. Comparisons between generalized and specific tree biomass functions as applied to tropical ash. New Forests 20: 277-286.
Ares, A and JH Fownes. 1999. Water supply regulates structure, productivity, and water use efficiency of Acacia koa forest in Hawaii. Oecologia 121: 458-466.
Ares, A, JH Fownes, and WG Sun. 2000. Genetic differentiation of intrinsic water-use efficiency in the Hawaiian native Acacia koa. Int. J. Plant Sci. 161(6): 909-915.
Austin, MT, JL Brewbaker, R Wheeler, and JH Fownes. 1997. Short-rotation biomass trial of mixed and pure stands of nitrogen-fixing trees and Eucalyptus grandis. Australian Forestry 60:161-163.
Austin, MT, RJ Early, JL Brewbaker, and W Sun. 1997. Yield, psyllid resistance, and phenolic concentration of Leucaena in two environments in Hawaii. Agronomy J. 89:507-515.
Austin, MT, CT Sorensson, JL Brewbaker, W Sun and HM Shelton. 1995. Forage dry matter yields and psyllid resistance of thirty-one Leucaena selections in Hawaii. Agroforestry Systems 31:211-222.
Binkley, D, CP Giardina, and MA Bashkin. 2000. Soil phosphorus pools and supply under the influence of Eucalyptus saligna and nitrogen-fixing Albizia falcataria. For Ecol. and Mgmt. 128: 241-247.
Bruland, Gregory L, CA Browning, and CI Evensen. 2010. "Effects of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) on watershed health in Hawaii: A literature review and preliminary results on runoff and erosion." In J. Roumasset, K. Burnett, and A. Balisacan (eds.), Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Los Baños, Philippines: SEARCA, ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, pp. 251-277.
Chan-Halbrendt, T Lin, F Yang and G Sisior. 2009. "Hawaiian Residents' Preferences for Miconia Control Program Attributes Using Conjoint Choice Experiment and Latent Class Analysis." Environmental Management45/2:250-260
Cole, RJ, CM Litton, MK Koontz, and RK Loh. 2012. Vegetation recovery 16 years after feral pig removal from a wet Hawaiian forest. Biotropica: In press.
Cole, TG, RS Yost, R Kablan, and T Olsen. 1996. Growth potential of twelve Acacia species on acid soils in Hawaii. For. Ecol. and Mgmt. 80: 175-186.
Conroy, Naboko K., A Fares, KC Ewel, and T Miura. 2010. "A Snapshot of Agro-forestry in Terminalia Carolinensis Wetlands in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia." Micronesica Journal42(1).
Constantinides, M and JH Fownes. 1994. Nitrogen mineralization from leaves and litter of tropical plants: Relationship to nitrogen, lignin, and soluble polyphenol concentrations. Soil Biol. Biochem. 26(1): 49-55.
Crews, TE, K Kitayama, JH Fownes, RH Riley, DA Herbert, D Mueller-Dombois, and PM Vitousek. 1995. Changes in soil phosphorus fractions and ecosystem dynamics across a long chronosequence in Hawaii. Ecology 76(5): 1407-1424.
Daehler, CC, M Yorkston, WG Sun, and N Dudley. 1999. Genetic variation in morphology and growth characters of Acacia koa in the Hawaiian islands. Int. J. Plant. Sci. 160(4): 767-773.
Dudley, NS and JH Fownes. 1992. Preliminary biomass equations for eight species of fast-growing tropical trees. J. Trop. For Sci. 5:68-73.
Dunkell, Dashiell O, GL Bruland, CI Evensen, and MJ Walker.2011. Effects of feral pig (Sus scrofa) exclusion on enterococci in runoff from the forested headwaters of a Hawaiian watershed. In Press with Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 221:313-326
Dunkell, DO, GL Bruland, CI Evensen, and CM Litton. 2011. Runoff, sediment transport, and effects of feral pig (Sus scrofa) exclusion in a forested Hawaiian watershed. Pacific Science 65(2): 175-194. doi: 10.2984/65.2.175
Evensen, Carl I. 2010. "Sustainable water quality management for pacific island watersheds: Illustrations from American Samoa, Hawaii, and Micronesia." In J. Roumasset, K. Burnett, and A. Balisacan (eds.), Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Los Banos, Philippines: Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, pp. 279-309.
Fownes, JH and RA Harrington. 1992. Allometry of woody biomass and leaf area in five tropical multipurpose trees. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 4 (4): 317-330.
Fownes, JH and RA Harrington. 1990. Modelling growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees using unit leaf rate and leaf are index. J of Appl. Ecol. 27: 886-896.
Fownes, JH and Raynor, WC. 1993. Seasonality and yield of breadfruit cultivars in the indigenous agroforestry system of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 70(2): 103-109.
Fredua-Agyeman, R, D Adamski, RJ Liao, C Morden and D Borthakur 2008. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for analysis of population differentiation in the tree legume Acacia koa (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in the Hawaiian Islands. Genome 51(12): 1001-1015.
Friday, JB and JH Fownes. 2002. Competition for light between hedgerows and maize in an alley cropping system in Hawaii, USA. Agroforestry Systems 55(2): 125-137.
Friday, JB and JH Fownes. 2001. A simulation model for hedgerow light interception and growth. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 108: 29-43.
Friday, JB, and HJ McArthur. 2010. "A participatory approach to community resource management: Building upon local knowledge and concerns." In: Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes, Roumasset, J., K. Burnett, and A. Balisacan, eds. SEARCA, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
Friday, JB, PG Scowcroft, and A Ares. 2008. Responses of native and invasive plant species to selective logging in an Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha forest in Hawai‘i. 
Applied Vegetation Science 11: 471-482. doi: 10.3170/2008-7-18538
Giardina CP and SC White. 2000. The effects of fertilization on biomass production of 15 yr old Eucalyptus saligna trees. J. Hawaiian Pacific Agric. 11: 41-44.
Giardina, CP, D Binkley, MG Ryan, JH Fownes, and RS Senock. 2004. Belowground carbon cycling in a humid tropical forest decreases with fertilization. Oecologica 139: 545-550.
Giardina, CP, Litton, CM, Thaxton, JM, Cordell, S, Hadway, LJ and Sandquist, DR. 2007. Science driven restoration: A candle in a demon haunted world–Response to Cabin (2007). Restoration Ecology 15: 171-176.
Giardina, CP, MG Ryan, D Binkley, and JH Fownes. 2003. Primary production and carbon allocation in relation to nutrient supply in a tropical experiment forest. Global Change Biology 9: 1438-1450.
Gleason, SM and A Ares. 2004. Photosynthesis, carbohydrate storage and survival of a native and an introduced tree species in relation to light and defoliation. Tree Physiology 24, 1087-1097.
Gleason SM, and KC Ewel. 2002. Organic matter dynamics on the forest floor of a Micronesian mangrove forest: An investigation of species composition shifts. Biotropica 34 (2): 190-198.
Gleason SM, KC Ewel, and N Hue. 2003. Soil redox conditions and plant-soil relationships in a micronesian mangrove forest . Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 56 (5-6): 1065-1074.
Goldstein, JH, GC Daily, JB Friday, PA Matson, RL Naylor, and P Vitousek. 2006. Business strategies for conservation on private lands: Koa forestry as a case study. PNAS 103(26): 10140-10145.
Grace, KT and JH Fownes. 1998. Leaf area allometry and evaluation of non-destructive estimates of total leaf area and loss by browing in a silvopastoral system. Agroforestry Systems 40: 139-147.
Gunatilake, H and C Gopalakrishnan. 2010. "Technical Efficiency of Sawmilling and the conservation of Natural Forests: Evidence from Sri Lanka" Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 2(2):149-169.
Habte, M, SC Miyasaka, and DT Matsuyama. 2001. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve early forest-tree establishment. Pp. 644-645 in: W. J. Horst et al. (eds.) Plant nutrition – Food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems.
Haines, WP, ML Heddle, P Welton, and D Rubinoff. 2009. A recent outbreak of the Hawaiian koa moth, Scotorythra paludicola (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and a review of outbreaks between 1892 and 2003. Pacific Science 63(3) 349-369. doi: 10.2984/049.063.0305
Harrington, RA and JJ Ewel. 1997. Invasibility of tree plantations by native and non-indigenous plant species in Hawaii. Forest Ecology and Management 99:153-162.
Harrington, RA and JH Fownes. 1995. Radiation interception and growth of planted and coppice stands of four fast-growing tropical trees. Journal of Applied Ecology 32:1-8.
Harrington, RA and JH Fownes. 1993. Allometry and growth of planted versus coppice stands of four fast-growing tropical tree species. Forest Ecology and Management 56: 315-327.
Harrington, RA and JH Fownes. 1996. Predicting spacing effects on growth and optimal rotations of tropical multipurpose trees. Agricultural Systems 50:377-390.
Harrington, RA, JH Fownes, FC Meinzer, and PG Scowcroft. 1995. Forest growth along a rainfall gradient in Hawaii: Acacia koa stand structure, productivity, foliar nutrients, and water- and nutrient-use efficiencies. Oecologia 102:277-284.
Harrington, RA, JH Fownes, PG Scowcroft, and CS Vann. 1997. Impact of Hurricane Iniki on native Hawaiian Acacia koa forests: damage and two-year recovery. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:539-558.
Herbert, D.A. and J.H. Fownes. 1999. Forest productivity and efficiency of resource use across a chronosequence of tropical montane soils. Ecosystems 2:242-254.
Herbert, D.A. and J.H. Fownes. 1997. Effects of leaf aggregation in a broad-leaf canopy on estimates of leaf area index by the gap-fraction method. Forest Ecology and Management 97: 277-282.
Herbert, DA and JH Fownes. 1995. Phosphorus limitation of forest leaf area and net primary production on a highly weathered soil. Biogeochemistry 29: 223-235.
Herbert, DA, JH Fownes, and PM Vitousek. 1999. Hurricane damage to a Hawaiian forest: Nutrient supply rate affects resistance and resilience. Ecology 80(3):908-920.
Hubbard, RM, MG Ryan, CP Giardina, and H Barnard. 2004. The effect of fertiliztaion on sap flux and canopy conductance in a Eucalyptus saligna experimental forest. Global Change Biology 10: 427-436.
Idol, TW, PJ Baker, and D Meason. 2007. Indicators of forest ecosystem productivity and nutrient status across precipitation and temperature gradients in Hawaii. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 693-704.
Idol, TW, J Haggar, L Cox. 2011. Ecosystem services from smallholder forestry and agroforestry in the tropics. In: Campbell WB, Ortiz SL (eds) Integrating agriculture, conservation, and ecotourism: examples from the field. Springer, New York, pp 209-270.
Illukpitiya, Prabodh and JF Yanagida. 2010. "Farming vs forests: trade-off between agriculture and extraction of non-timber forest products." Ecological Economics 69:1952-1963.
Ise, T, CM Litton, CP Giardina, A Ito. 2010. comparison of modeling approaches for carbon partitioning: Impact on estimates of global net primary production and equilibrium biomass of woody vegetation from MODIS GPP. Journal of Geophysical Research 115:G04025, doi:04010.01029/02010JG001326.
Jube, S and D Borthakur. 2008. Development of an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for the tree-legume Leucaena leucocephala using immature zygotic embryos. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult.
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Kull, CA, CM Shackleton, PS Cunningham, C Ducatillon, JD Dufour Dror, K Esler, JB Friday, AC Gouveia, AR Griffin, EM Marchante, SJ Midgley, A Pauchard, H Rangan, DM Richardson, T Rinaudo, J Tassin, LS Urgenson, GP vonMaltitz, RD Zenni, and MJ Zylstra. 2011. Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world. Diversity and Distributions17(5): 822-836. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x
Leary JK, Hue NV, Singleton PW, Borthakur D. 2005. Soil acidification, nutrient depletion, and symbiotic nitrogen fixation are the major features of gorse (Ulex europaeus) infestation on volcanic soils in Hawaii. Biol. Fertility Soils.
Leary J, Singleton PW and Borthakur D. 2004. Canopy nodulation of the endemic tree legume Acacia koa in the mesic forests of Hawaii. Ecology 85:3151-3157.
Liang, TM, MA Khan, VD Phillips, and W. Liu. 1994. Hawaii Natural Resource Information System: A tool for biomass production management. Biomass and Bioenergy 6(6): 431-441.
Litton, CM and CP Giardina, 2008. Below-ground carbon flux and partitioning: global patterns and response to temperature. Functional Ecology 22, 941-954 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01479.x
Litton, CM, CP Giardina, JK Albano, MS Long and GP Asner. 2011. The magnitude and variability of soil surface CO 2 efflux increase with temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry: In Press.
Litton CM, and JB Kauffman, 2008. Allometric models for predicting aboveground biomass in two widespread woody plants in Hawaii, U.S.A. Biotropica, 40 313-320.
Litton, CM, JW Raich, and MG Ryan. 2007. Carbon allocation in forest ecosystems. Global Change Biology 13: 2089 - 2109.
Litton, CM, Sandquist, DR and Cordell, S. 2006. Effects of non-native grass invasion on aboveground carbon pools and tree population structure in tropical dry forests of Hawaii. Forest Ecology and Management 231: 105-113.
Litton CM, CP Giardina, JK Albano, MS Long, and GP Asner. 2011. The magnitude and variability of soil-surface CO2 efflux increase with temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 2315-2323.
Liu, W, RA Merriam, VD Phillips, and D Singh. 1993. Estimating short-rotation Eucalyptus saligna production in Hawaii: An integrated yield and economic model. Bioresource Technology 45: 167-176.
Mair A, and A Fares. 2010. Throughfall characteristics in three non-native Hawaiian forest stands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150: 1453-1466. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.07.007
Mair A, and A Fares. 2010. Influence of groundwater pumping and rainfall spatio-temporal variation on streamflow. Journal of Hydrology 393: 287-308. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.026
Mair, Alan, and A Fares. 2010. Long-term Rainfall and Streamflow Variability in Makaha Valley, Oahu, Hawaii.; Journal of Hydrology (In Press).
Mair A, A Fares, and A El-Kadi. 2007. Effects of rainfall and ground-water pumping on streamflow in Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43(1): 148-159. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00012.x
Martinez Morales R., Miura T, and Idol TW. 2008. An assessment of Hawaiian dry forest condition and restoration potential with fine resolution remote sensing. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2524-2532.
Martinez Morales R., TW Idol, and JB Friday. 2011. Assessment of Acacia koa forest health across an elevation gradient in Hawai‘i using fine resolution remote sensing and GIS. Sensors 11(6): 5677-5694.doi: 10.3390/s110605677
Martinez Morales, R., T. Idol, and Q. Chen. 2012. Differentiation of Acacia koa forest stands across an elevation gradient in Hawaii using fine-resolution remotely sensed imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 33 (11): 3492-3511. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2011.629234
Meason, DF and TW Idol. 2008. Nutrient Sorption Dynamics of Resin Membranes and Resin Bags in a Tropical Forest. Soil Sci Soc Am J 2008 72: 1806-1814. Published online 30 October 2008; doi: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0010
Meason, DF, TW Idol, JB Friday, and PG Scowcroft. 2009. Effects of fertilization on phosphorus pools in a young volcanic soil of a managed tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management 258(10):2199-2206. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.04.001
Meinzer FC, JH Fownes, and RA Harrington. 1996. Growth indices and stomatal control of transpiration in Acacia koa stands planted at different densities. Tree Physiology 16: 607-615.
Miyasaka, SC, M Habte, and DT Matsuyama. 1993. Mycorrhizal dependency of two Hawaiian endemic tree species. J. Plant Nutrition 16(7): 1339-1356.
Nelson, SC. 2006. Grafting of Acacia koa Gray onto young Acacia seedlings. Native Plants Journal 7(2): 137-140.
Osorio, NW and M Habte. 2001. Synergistic influence of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a P solubilizing fungus on growth and P uptake of Leucaena leucocephala. Arid Land Research and Management, 15:263-274.
Pattison, RR, G Goldstein, and A Ares. 1998. Growth, biomass allocation and photosynthesis of invasive and native Hawaiian wet rainforest species. Oecologia 117: 449-459.
Peters, SM and M Habte. 2001. Optimizing solution P concentration in a peat-based medium for producing mycorrhizal seedlings in containers. Arid Land Research and Management 15:359-370
Phillips, VD, W Liu, R Merriam, and D Singh. 1994. Potential for short-rotation intensive-culture hardwood production in Hawaii. Agricultural Systems 46 (1) 33-57.
Phillips, VD, D Singh, R Merriam, and A Khan. 1993. Land available for biomass crop production in Hawaii. Agricultural Systems 43(1): 1 – 17.
Raynor, WC and JH Fownes. 1991. Indigenous agroforestry of Pohnpei. 1. Plant species and cultivars. Agroforestry Systems 16: 139-157.
Raynor, WC and JH Fownes. 1991. Indigenous agroforestry of Pohnpei. 2. Spatial and successional vegetation patterns. Agroforestry Systems 16: 159-165.
Rosecrance, RC, JL Brewbaker and JH Fownes. 1992. Alley cropping of maize with nine leguminous trees. Agroforestry Systems 17:159-16
Ryan MG, D Binkley, and JH Fownes. 1996. Age-related decline in forest productivity: Pattern and process. Advances in Ecological Research. 27:213-262.
Ryan, MG, D Binkley, JH Fownes, CP Giardina, and RS Senock. 2004. An experimental test of the causes of forest growth decline with stand age. Ecological Monographs 74(3): 393-414.
Saafi H and Borthakur D. 2002. In vitro plantlet regeneration from cotyledon of the tree legume Leucaena leucocephala. Plant Growth Regulation 38:279-285.
Scowcroft, PG and JA Silva 2005. Effects of phosphorus fertilization, seed source, and soil type on growth of Acacia koa. Journal of Plant Nutrition 28: 1581-1603.
Scowcroft, PG, JB Friday, J Haraguchi, TW Idol, NS Dudley. 2010. Poor stem form as a potential limitation to private investment in koa plantation forestry in Hawaii. Small-scale Forestry. doi: 10.1007/s11842-009-9107-1.
Scowcroft, PG, JB Friday, T Idol, N Dudley, J Haraguchi, and D Meason. 2007. Growth response of Acacia koa trees to thinning, grass control, and phosphorus fertilization in a secondary stand in Hawai‘i. Forest Ecology and Management 239: 69-80.
Senock, RS and C Leuschner. 1999. Axial water flux dynamics in small diameter roots of a fast growing tropical tree. Plant and Soil 208(1): 57-71
Shi, X and JL Brewbaker. 2005. Genetic improvement of Hawaii's premier hardwood, Acacia koa. Forest Genetic Resources. 31:36-40. FAO/Rome.
Shi, X and JL Brewbaker. 2006. Vegetative propagation of Leucaena hybrids by cuttings. Agroforestry Systems 66: 77-83
Sorenson, CT and JL Brewbaker. 1994. Interspecific compatibility among 15 Leucaena species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) via artificial hybridization. American Journal of Botany 81(2): 240-247.
Steiman, S, TW Idol, and HC Bittenbender. 2011. Shade coffee in Hawaii-exploring some aspects of quality, growth, yield and nutrition. Scientiae Horticulturae 158:152-158. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2011.01.011.
Thaxton, JM, TC Cole, S Cordell, RJ Cabin, DR Sandquist, and CM Litton. 2010. Native species regeneration following ungulate exclusion and nonnative grass removal in a remnant Hawaiian dry forest. Pacific Science 64:533-544.
Trujillo, E.E., Kadooka, C., Tanimoto, V., Bergfeld, S., Shishido, G. and Kawakami, G. 2001. Effective biomass reduction of the invasive weed species banana poka by Septoria leaf spot. Plant Dis. 85:357-361.
Vitousek, PM, OA Chadwick, TE Crews, JH Fownes, DM Hendricks, and DA Herbert. 1997. Soil and ecosystem development across the Hawaiian Islands. GSA Today 7(9):1-8.
Vogt, DK, R Vogt, R Wheeler, JL Brewbaker and V Phillips. 1990. Biomass energy plantation -- Root response to coppicing and tree root interaction. Belowground Ecology 1(2):8-10.
Youkhana A and TW Idol. 2011. Addition of Leucaena-KX2 mulch in a shaded coffee agroforestry system increases both stable and labile soil C fractions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43(5): 961-966. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.011
Youkhana A and TW Idol. 2009. Tree pruning mulch increases soil C and N in a shaded coffee agroecosystem in Hawaii. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41(12): 2527-2534. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.09.011
Youkhana A and Idol TW. 2008. First-year biomass production and soil improvement in young Leucaena and Robinia stands under different pollarding systems. International Journal of Tropical Forest Science 20:181-187.
Youkhana, A. and TW Idol. 2011. Growth, yield and value of managed coffee agroecosystem in Hawaii. Pacific Agriculture and Natural Resources 2:12-19. In Press.
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