Students

Dean Meason

Dean Meason

Email: dean.meason@scionresearch.com

PhD, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Expected Graduation: August 2009

Project Title:

Nutrient and Water Availability in an Acacia koa Forest and Response to Management

Publications:

Meason DF, Idol TW, Friday JB, and Scowcroft PG. Persistence of elevated phosphorus availability after fertilisation in the volcanic soil of a managed tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. in press.

Meason D and Idol TW. 2008. Comparison of ion exchange resin membranes (PRS-probes) with resin bags in the field: effects of incubation time, soil depth, and P fertilization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72:1806-1814.

Presentation:

Potential mechanisms that limit koa growth and what it could mean for koa forest management-a case study.

 

Cynthia Nazario Leary

Cynthia Lazario Leary

Email: cnazario@hawaii.edu

PhD, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Expected Graduation: December 2009

Project Title:

Controlling Invasive Species with Native Plant Agroforestry Systems

Presentation:

Development of a Native Plant Understory Agroforestry System for Restoration, Invasive Species Control and Sustainable Use in Hawaii.

 

Adel Youkhana

Adel Youkhana

Email: adel@hawaii.edu

PhD, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Expected Graduation: December 2010

Project Title:

Carbon Sequestration and Productivity in a Leucaena-Coffee Agroforestry System

Publications:

Youkhana A and Idol T. 2008. First-year biomass production and soil improvement in young Leucaena and Robinia stands under different pollarding systems. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 20:181-187.

Youkhana A and Idol TW. Tree pruning residues increase soil carbon and nitrogen in shade and full sun coffee agroecosystems in Hawaii. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. in revision.

Presentation

Tree pruning residues increase soil carbon and nitrogen in shade and full-sun coffee agroecosystems in Hawaii.

 

Rodolfo Martinez Morales

Rodolfo Martines Morales

Email: rodolfom@hawaii.edu

PhD, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Expected Graduation: May 2011

Project Title:

Using Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Acacia koa Forest Structure and Growth Across Environmental Gradients in Hawaii

Publication:

Martinez Morales R, Miura T, and Idol T. 2008. An assessment of Hawaiian dry forest condition and restoration potential with fine resolution remote sensing. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2524-2532.

Presentation:

Acacia koa forest classification and productivity assessment across environmental gradients in Hawaii using fine resolution remotely sensed imagery.