Students
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:
Cynthia Nazario 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:
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
Rodolfo Martinez 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.