HETF Citations - received to date:
HETF related citations submitted by researchers are given below. This list does not include all
HETF related publications. This list is updated annually.
2013
Chynoweth, M.W., C.M. Litton, C.A. Lepczyk, S.C. Hess, and S. Cordell. Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive
Species. Capra hircus, the Feral Goat, (Mammalia: Bovidae). Pacific Science.
Croucher, P.J.P., Oxford, G.S., Lam, A., Mody, N., Gillespie, R.G. 2012. Colonization history and population genetics of the
exuberantly color polymorphic Hawaiian happy-face spider Theridion grallator (Araneae, Theridiidae). Evolution 66:
2815-2833.
Inman-Narahari, Faith, Rebecca Ostertag, Susan Cordell, Christian P. Giardina, Kehauwealani Nelson-Kaula, and Lawren
Sack 2013. Seedling recruitment factors in low-diversity Hawaiian wet forest: towards global comparisons among
tropical forests. Ecosphere 4:art24.
Iwashita, D.K., Litton, C.M., Giardina, C.P. 2013. Coarse woody debris carbon storage across a mean annual temperature
gradient in tropical montane wet forest. Forest Ecology and Management 291:336-343.
Murphy-Winters, M., Inman-Narahari, F., Ostertag, R., Litton, C.M. 2013. Invasive feral pigs reduce tree fern growth and
survival in a native-dominated Hawaiian montane wet forest. Biological Invasions 16:63–71; DOI 10.1007/s10530-0130503-2.
Tango LKK, Hughes RF, Hiraoka K, Murphy M, Cantan A. 2012. Recruitment of the dominant native Hawaiian tree,
Metrosideros polymorpha, limited by alien invaders. Paper, Ecological Society of America in Portland, OR (08/06/2012)
Vitousek, Peter M., and Oliver A. Chadwick. 2013. "Pedogenic Thresholds and Soil Process Domains in Basalt-Derived
Soils." Ecosystems 16.8: 1379-395. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9690-z
2012
Asner GP, Hughes RF, Mascaro J, Uowolo AL, Knapp DE, Jacobson J, Kennedy-Bowdoin T, Clark JK. 2011. High-resolution
carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawai‘i. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment doi:10.1890/100179
Asner GP, Powell GVN, Mascaro J, Knapp DE, Clark JK, Jacobson J, Kennedy-Bowdoin T, Balaji A, Paez-Acosta G, Victoria
E, Secada L, Valqui M, Hughes RF. 2010. High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon.
Asner GP, Hughes RF, Varga TA, Knapp DE, Kennedy-Bowdoin T. 2009. Environmental controls over aboveground
biomass throughout a tropical rain forest. Ecosystems 12:261-278.
Asner GP, Hughes RF, Vitousek PM, Knapp DE, Kennedy-Bowdoin T, Boardman J, Martin RE, Eastwood M, Green RO.
2008. Invasive plants transform the three-dimensional structure of rain forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Science 105:4519-4523
Asner GP, Jones MO, Martin RE, Knapp DE, Hughes RF. 2008. Remote sensing of native and invasive species in Hawaiian
forests. Remote Sensing of the Environment 112:1912-1926
Asner GP, Knapp DE, Kennedy-Bowdoin T, Jones MO, Martin RE, Boardman J, Hughes RF. 2008. Invasive species
detection in Hawaiian Rainforests using in flight fusion of airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR.
Litton, C.M., Giardina, C.P., Albano, J.K., Long, M.S., Asner, G.P. 2011. The magnitude and variability of soil-surface CO2
efflux increase with temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43:2315-2323.
Mascaro, J., Litton, C.M., Hughes, R.F., Uowolo, A., Schnitzer, S.A. 2011. Minimizing bias in biomass allometry: Model
selection and log-transformation of data. Biotropica 43:649-653.
Peltzer, D.A., D.A. Wardle, V.J. Allison, T.W. Baisden, R.D. Bardgett, O.A. Chadwick, L.M. Condron, R.L. Parfitt, S. Porder,
S.J. Richardson, B.L. Turner, P.M. Vitousek, J. Walker, and L.R. Walker. 2010. Understanding ecosystem retrogression.
Ecological Monographs 80:509–529. [doi:10.1890/09-1552.1]
Thaxton, J.M., Cordell, S., Cabin, R.J., Sandquist, D.R. In press Non-native grass Pennisetum setaceum decreases water
availability and seedling performance during Hawaiian dry forest restoration. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1526100X.2011.00793. (Refereed Journal Article)
Kellner, J.R. Asner, G.P., Ambagis, S., Cordell, S., Thaxton, J, Kinney, K.M., Kennedy-Bowdoin, T., Knapp, T., Questad, T. In
press Potential and limitations of historical aerial photography to quantify vegetation dynamics in a tropical dry forest in
Hawaii. Pacific Science. (Refereed Journal Article)
2011
Asner, Gregory P et al. “High-resolution carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawaii.” Frontiers in Ecology
and the Environment 9, no. 8 (2011): 434–439. doi: 10.1890/100179.
Benner, J., P.M. Vitousek, and R. Ostertag. “Nutrient cycling in tropical montane cloud forest”. p 90-100. In Bruijnzeel,
L.A., L. Hamilton, and F. Scatena (eds.), Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Kellner, J. R., G. P. Asner, P. M. Vitousek, M. A. Tweiten, S. Hotchkiss, O. A. Chadwick. “Dependence of forest structure
and dynamics on substrate age and ecosystem development”. Ecosystems (2011)DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9472-4.
Reed, S. C., A. R. Townsend, P. G. Taylor and C. C. Cleveland. “Phosphrous Cycling in Tropical Forests Growing on Highly
Weathered Soil”. In: Phosphrous in Action – Biological Processes in Soil Phosphrous Cycling. Soil Biology Volume 100,
Part 3 (2011): 339-369, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15271-9_14.
Reed, S.C., P.M. Vitousek, and C.C. Cleveland. “Nutrient limitation in terrestrial ecosystems: are belowground patterns
consistent with those aboveground?” Biogeochemistry (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9522-6
Vitousek, P.M., C.M. D’Antonio, and G.P. Asner. “Invasions and ecosystems: vulnerabilities and the contribution of new
technologies”. p. 277-288, in Richardson, D.M. (editor), Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology: The Legacy of Charles Elton.
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 2011.
2010
Bern, C. R., M. A. Brzezinski, C. Beucher, K. Ziegler, and O. A. Chadwick. Weathering, dust, and biocycling effects on soil
silicon isotope ratios. 2010. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74: 876-889.
Bonaccorso, Frank. Ope’ape’a: Solving the puzzles of Hawaii’s only bat. 2010. Bats 28(4): 10-12.
Cordell, S., Asner, G.P., Thaxton, J. The Potential for Restoration to Break the Grass/Fire Cycle in Dryland Ecosystems in
Hawai`i. SERDP 2009 Annual Report. Submitted February 12, 2009
Cordell, S., Asner, G.P., Thaxton, J. The Potential for Restoration to Break the Grass/Fire Cycle in Dryland Ecosystems in
Hawai`i. SERDP 2009 Annual Report. Submitted February 1, 2010
Giardina, C. 2008. Forests. Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Sage Publications, Inc, 1552 p. (Invited;
Refereed).
Giardina, C. 2008. Gross Primary Production. Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Sage Publications,
Inc, 1552 p. (Invited; Refereed).
Giardina, C. 2008. Soil Organic Carbon. Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Sage Publications, Inc,
1552 p. (Invited; Refereed).
Inman-Narahari, F., Giardina, C., Ostertag, R., Cordell, S. and Sack, L. 2010. Digital data collection in forest plots. Methods
in Ecology and Evolution 1: 274-279.
Kinney, K.M., Kellner, J.R., Selvig, M., Asner, G.P., Cordell, S., Questad, E., Thaxton, J.M. Knapp, D.E., Kennedy-Bowdoin,
T. 2010. An Eye on Restoration: New Remote Sensing Approaches that Change the Way We See Dryland Ecosystem
Restoration in Hawai`i. Environmental Management Publication. Volume 49, pg 4-5.
Litton, C.M., Giardina, C.P., 2008. Below-ground carbon flux and partitioning: Global patterns and response to
temperature. Functional Ecology 22, 941-954.
Litton, C.M., Kauffman, J.B., 2008. Allometric models for predicting aboveground biomass in two widespread woody
plants in Hawaii. Biotropica 40, 313-320.
Mikutta, R., K. Kaiser, N. Dorr, A. Vollmer, O. A. Chadwick, J. Chorover, M. G. Kramer, and G. Guggenberger.
Mineralogical impact on organic nitrogen across long-term soil chronosequence (0.3-4100 kyr). Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta 74: 2142-2164.
Peltzer, Duane A., David A. Wardle, Victoria J. Allison, W. Troy Baisden, Richard D. Bardgett, Oliver A. Chadwick, Leo M.
Condron, Roger L. Parfitt, Stephen Porder, Sarah J. Richardson, Benjamin L. Turner, Peter M. Vitousek, Joe Walker, and
Lawrence R. Walker. 2010. Understanding ecosystem retrogression. Ecological Monographs 80: 509–529.
[doi:10.1890/09-1552.1]
Ryan, M. G., M. E. Harmon, R. A. Birdsey, C. Giardina, L. S. Heath, R. A. Houghton, R. B. Jackson, D. C. McKinley, J. F.
Morrison, B. C. Murray, D. E. Pataki, and K. E. Skog. 2010. A Synthesis of the Science on Forests and Carbon for US
Forests. Issues in Ecology, Report Number 13.
Sack, L. Inman-Narahari, F., Cordell, S., Giardina, C., and Ostertag, B. 2010. Forest Dynamics Plots Established in Hawai‘i
to Track Tree Regeneration Patterns and Climate Change Responses. UCLA Institute of the Environment, Center for
Tropical Science Newsletter. http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/ctr/news/article.asp?parentID=6406
Vitousek, P. M., M. A. Tweiten, J. Kellner, S. C. Hotchkiss, O. A. Chadwick, and G. P. Asner. 2010. Top-down analysis of
forest structure and biogeochemistry across Hawaiian landscapes. Pacific Science 64: 359-366.
2009
Amatangelo, K.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Contrasting predictors of fern versus angiosperm decomposition in a common
garden. Biotropica 41: 154-161.
Asner, G.P., R.F. Hughes, T.A. Varga, D.E. Knapp, and T. Kennedy-Bowdoin. Environmental and biotic controls over
aboveground biomass throughout a rainforest. Ecosystems 12:261-278.
Busby, P., Vitousek, P., Dirzo, R., Prevalence of Tree Regeneration by Sprouting and Seeding Along a Rainfall Gradient in
Hawai’i. Biotropica 41(1): 80-86
Chadwick, O.A., L.A. Derry, C.R. Bern, and P.M. Vitousek. Sources of strontium to soil minerals and ecosystems across the
Hawaiian Islands. Chemical Geology doi:10.1016/jchemgeo.2009.01.009.
Giambelluca, T.W., R.E. Martin, G.P. Asner, M. Huang, R.G. Mudd, M.A. Nullet, J.K. DeLay, and D. Foote.
Evapotranspiration and energy balance of native wet montane cloud forest in Hawaii. Agricultural and Forest
Meteorology 149:230-243.
Kellner, J.R., and G.P. Asner. Convergent structural responses of tropical forests to diverse disturbance regimes. Ecology
Letters 12: 887-897.
Martin, R.E., and G.P. Asner. 2009. Leaf biochemical and optical properties of Metrosideros polymorpha across
environmental gradients in Hawai'i. Biotropica 41(3):292-301.
Vitousek, P.M., G.P. Asner, O.A. Chadwick, and S.C. Hotchkiss. Landscape-level variation in forest structure and
biogeochemistry across a substrate age gradient in Hawai`i. Ecology 90:3074-3086.
Wardle, D.A., R.D. Bardgett, L.R. Walker, and K.I. Bonner. Among- and within-species variation in plant litter
decomposition in contrasting long-term chronosequences. Functional Ecology 23: 442-453.
2008
Amatangelo, K.L., and P.M. Vitousek. Fern phylogeny and nutrient stoichiometry. Oecologia. 157: 619-627
Asner, G.P., M.O. Jones, R.E. Martin, D.E. Knapp, and R.F. Hughes. Remote sensing of native and invasive species in
Hawaiian forests. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:1912-1926.
Asner, G.P., D.E. Knapp, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, M.O. Jones, R.E. Martin, J. Boardman, and R.F. Hughes. Invasive species
detection in Hawaiian rainforests using airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment
112:1942-1955.
Asner, G.P., R.F. Hughes, P.M. Vitousek, D.E. Knapp, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, J. Boardman, R.E. Martin, M. Eastwood, and
R.O. Green. Invasive plants alter the 3-D structure of rainforests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
105:4519-4523.
Friday, J.B., Scowcroft, P.G., Ares, Adrian. Responses of native and invasive plant species to selective logging in an
Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha forest in Hawaii. Applied Vegetation Science 11:471-482.
Wardle, D.A., R.D. Bardgett, L.R. Walker, D.A. Peltzer, and A. Lagerstrom. The response of plant diversity to ecosystem
regression: evidence from contrasting long-term chronosequences. Oikos 117: 93-103.
2007
Bern, C.R., S. Porder and A. R. Townsend. Erosion and landscape development decouple strontium and sulfur in the
transition to dominance by atmospheric inputs. Geoderma 142: 274-284.
Gruner, D.S. Geological age, ecosystem development, and arboreal arthropod community structure in the Hawaiian
Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:551-570.
Porder, S., P.M. Vitousek, O.A. Chadwick, C.P. Chamberlain, and G.E. Hilley. Uplift, erosion, and phosphorus limitation in
terrestrial ecosystems. Ecosystems 10: 158-170.