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Groundwater availability mediates the ecosystem effects of an invasion of Prosopis pallida by Dudley, Bruce D, Flint Hughes, R, Ostertag, Rebecca

“…Groundwater levels in arid environments are dropping worldwide due to human extraction, and precipitation events are predicted to become rarer and more intense…”
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High-resolution forest carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon by Asner, Gregory P., Powell, George V. N., Mascaro, Joseph, Knapp, David E., Clark, John K., Jacobson, James, Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty, Balaji, Aravindh, Paez-Acosta, Guayana, Victoria, Eloy, Secada, Laura, Valqui, Michael, Hughes, R. Flint

“…Efforts to mitigate climate change through the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) depend on mapping and monitoring of tropical forest…”
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Novel forests maintain ecosystem processes after the decline of native tree species by Mascaro, Joseph, Hughes, R. Flint, Schnitzer, Stefan A

“…The positive relationship between species diversity (richness and evenness) and critical ecosystem functions, such as productivity, carbon storage, and…”
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Environmental and Biotic Controls over Aboveground Biomass Throughout a Tropical Rain Forest by Asner, Gregory P, Flint Hughes, R, Varga, Timothy A, Knapp, David E, Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty

“…The environmental and biotic factors affecting spatial variation in canopy three-dimensional (3-D) structure and aboveground tree biomass (AGB) are poorly…”
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Invasive plants transform the three-dimensional structure of rain forests by Asner, Gregory P, Hughes, R. Flint, Vitousek, Peter M, Knapp, David E, Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty, Boardman, Joseph, Martin, Roberta E, Eastwood, Michael, Green, Robert O

“…Biological invasions contribute to global environmental change, but the dynamics and consequences of most invasions are difficult to assess at regional scales…”
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Canopy Biodiversity in Hawaiian Lowland Rainforests by Carlson, Kimberly M, Asner, Gregory P, Hughes, R. Flint, Ostertag, Rebecca, Martin, Roberta E

“…Mapping biological diversity is a high priority for conservation research, management and policy development, but few studies have provided diversity data at…”
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Minimizing Bias in Biomass Allometry: Model Selection and Log-Transformation of Data by Mascaro, Joseph, Litton, Creighton M., Hughes, R. Flint, Uowolo, Amanda, Schnitzer, Stefan A.

“…Nonlinear regression is increasingly used to develop allometric equations for forest biomass estimation (i.e., as opposed to the traditional approach of…”
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An Approach for High-Resolution Mapping of Hawaiian Metrosideros Forest Mortality Using Laser-Guided Imaging Spectroscopy by Vaughn, Nicholas, Asner, Gregory, Brodrick, Philip, Martin, Roberta, Heckler, Joseph, Knapp, David, Hughes, R.

“…Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) is a disease aggressively killing large numbers of Metrosideros polymorpha (‘ōhi‘a), a native keystone tree species on Hawaii Island…”
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Spatial Patterns of ‘Ōhi‘a Mortality Associated with Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death and Ungulate Presence by Ryan L. Perroy, Timo Sullivan, David Benitez, R. Flint Hughes, Lisa M. Keith, Eva Brill, Karma Kissinger, Daniel Duda

“…Effective forest management, particularly during forest disturbance events, requires timely and accurate monitoring information at appropriate spatial scales…”
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Limited native plant regeneration in novel, exotic-dominated forests on Hawai’i by Mascaro, Joseph, Becklund, Kristen K., Hughes, R. Flint, Schnitzer, Stefan A.

“…Ecological invasions are a major driver of global environmental change. When invasions are frequent and prolonged, exotic species can become dominant and…”
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Rapid forest carbon assessments of oceanic islands: a case study of the Hawaiian archipelago by Asner, Gregory P., Sousan, Sinan, Knapp, David E., Selmants, Paul C., Martin, Roberta E., Hughes, R. Flint, Giardina, Christian P.

“…Background Spatially explicit forest carbon (C) monitoring aids conservation and climate change mitigation efforts, yet few approaches have been developed…”
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Impacts of Falcataria moluccana Invasion on Decomposition in Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forests: The Importance of Stand-level Controls by Hughes, R. Flint, Uowolo, Amanda

“…Invasive species have the capacity to substantially alter soil processes, including rates of litter decomposition. Currently, the few remaining…”
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Non-native tree in a dry coastal area in Hawai'i has high transpiration but restricts water use despite phreatophytic trait by Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki, Dudley, Bruce D., Hughes, R. Flint, Vandemark, Joshua, Cordell, Susan, Nullet, Michael A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Giambelluca, Thomas W.

“…In arid systems, phreatophytes are often among the most effective invaders because of their capacity to access and exploit groundwater resources otherwise…”
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Limitations to Seedling Establishment in a Mesic Hawaiian Forest by Denslow, Julie S., Uowolo, Amanda L., Hughes, R. Flint

“…While invasive species may be visible indicators of plant community degradation, they may not constitute the only, or even the primary, limitation to stand…”
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Patterns of Primary Succession of Native and Introduced Plants in Lowland Wet Forests in Eastern Hawai'i by Zimmerman, Naupaka, Flint Hughes, R, Cordell, Susan, Hart, Patrick, Chang, Heather Kalei, Perez, David, Like, Ryan Kaipoalohaakala, Ostertag, Rebecca

“…The majority of Hawaii's lowland wet forests no longer exist, with many of the last remaining patches found on the eastern, windward sides of the largest…”
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Aboveground biomass and structure of rainforests in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon by Cummings, D.L., Boone Kauffman, J., Perry, David A., Flint Hughes, R.

“…The biomass of intact tropical forests must be known in order to quantify C pools and emissions arising from biomass burning associated with deforestation,…”
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Is logarithmic transformation necessary in allometry? Ten, one-hundred, one-thousand-times yes by Mascaro, Joseph, Litton, Creighton M., Hughes, R. Flint, Uowolo, Amanda, Schnitzer, Stefan A.

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Carbon storage landscapes of lowland Hawaii: the role of native and invasive species through space and time by Hughes, R. Flint, Asner, Gregory P, Mascaro, Joseph, Uowolo, Amanda, Baldwin, James

“…Tropical forests are important storehouses of carbon and biodiversity. In isolated island ecosystems such as the Hawaiian Islands, relative dominance of native…”
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Landscape-scale GPP and carbon density inform patterns and impacts of an invasive tree across wet forests of Hawaii by Barbosa, Jomar M., Asner, Gregory P., Hughes, R. Flint, Johnson, M. Tracy

“…Plant invasion typically occurs within a landscape-scale framework of abiotic and biotic conditions, often resulting in emergent feedbacks among environment,…”
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Carbon pool and biomass dynamics associated with deforestation, land use, and agricultural abandonment in the neotropics by Kauffman, J. Boone, Hughes, R. Flint, Heider, Chris

“…Current rates of deforestation and the resulting C emissions in the tropics exceed those of secondary forest regrowth and C sequestration. Changing land-use…”
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