 |
| Return to Plant Ecology Home |
| Plant Ecology Program Principal Investigators and Staff |
 Dr. James D. Jacobi |
| University of California, Riverside | June 1970 | B.A. (Biology) |
| University of Hawaii, Manoa | June 1990 | Ph.D. (Botanical Sciences) |
| Graduate Advisor: Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Department of Botany | ||
| 1996 to present | Research Botanist, Kilauea Field Station, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, USGS-BRD |
| 1994 to 1995 | Acting Director, Pacific Islands Science Center, National Biological Service, Hawaii. |
| 1989 to 1996 | Botanist and Leader, Hawaii Field Station, under three different centers: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (1989 to 1993), Alaska Science Center (1993 to 1994), Pacific Islands Science Center (1994 to 1996). |
| 1984 to 1989 | Acting Leader, Hawaii Research Station, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (April 1984 to January 1985; March 1986 to September 1986; October 1987 to December 1989). |
| 1982 to 1988 | Botanist, Mauna Loa Field Station, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, FWS. |
| 1981 | Co-leader and Project Botanist on National Geographic Society-funded field research project on the northern coast of Molokai, Hawaii. |
| 1979 to present | Research Associate, non paid position, Botany Department, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 1975 to 1977 | Research Assistant, Botany Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 1976 to 1982 | Botanist (Intermittent), FWS, Region 1, Honolulu, Hawaii (assigned to Mauna Loa Field Station) |
| 1973 | Project Biologist, Hana Rainforest Project, Student Originated Studies Research Project funded by the National Science Foundation, University of Hawaii. |
| 1971 to 1975 | Research Site Manager, International Biological Program, Island Ecosystems Ecology Project, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| PARTICIPATION ON GRADUATE COMMITTEES Yoshiko Akashi, Ph.D., 1993, University of Hawaii, Department of Botany, Honolulu, HI |
| Maile S. Kjargaard, Ph.D., 1994, University of Hawaii, Department of Zoology, Honolulu, HI |
|
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Association for the Advancement of Science Ecological Society of America Pacific Science Association Hawaii Botanical Society Hawaii Chapter of the Wildlife Society SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
| Hess, S.C., P.C. Banko, G.J. Brenner, and J.D. Jacobi (1999). Factors related to the recovery of subalpine woodland on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Biotropica 31(2):212-219. |
| Jacobi, J.D. (1983). Metrosideros dieback in Hawaii: A comparison of adjacent dieback and non-dieback rain forest stands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 6: 79-97. |
| Jacobi, J.D. 1990. Distribution maps, ecological relationships, and status of native plant communities on the Island of Hawaii. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany. 291 pp. |
| Jacobi, J.D. 1993. Distribution and dynamics of Metrosideros dieback on the island of Hawaii: implications for management programs. Pp. 236-242 In: Huettl, R.F., D. Mueller-Dombois (Eds.). Forest Decline in the Atlantic and Pacific Regions; Proceedings of a Symposium on Forest Decline in the Atlantic and Pacific Region, XVII Pacific Science Congress, Hilo, Hawaii, 1990). Springer-Verlag. 366pp. |
| Jacobi, J.D. and C.T. Atkinson. 1995. Hawaii's Endemic Birds. Pp. 376-381 In: LaRoe, E.T., et al., Our Living Resources. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 pp. |
| Jacobi, J. D., S. G. Fancy, J. G. Giffin, and J. M. Scott. 1996. Long-term population variability in the Palila, an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper. Pacific Science 50: In Press. |
| Jacobi, J.D., G. Gerrish & D. Mueller-Dombois (1983). Ohia dieback in Hawaii: vegetation changes in permanent plots. Pacific Science 37(4): 327-337. |
| Jacobi, J.D. and F.R. Warshauer. 1992. The current and potential distributions of six introduced plant species on the Island of Hawaii. Pp. 155-188 In: Stone, C.P., C.W. Smith, and J.T. Tunison (Eds.). Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and Research; Proceedings of a Symposium on Control of Introduced Plants in Native Ecosystems of Hawaii, June 1986. Cooperative National Park Service Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. 877 pp. |
| Warshauer, F.R. & J.D. Jacobi (1982). Distribution and status of Vicia Menziesii Spreng. (Leguminosae): Hawaii`s first officially listed endangered plant species. Biological Conservation 23: 111-126. |
Frederick R. (Rick) WarshauerBack to Top |
Visiting Staff: |
|
Department of the Interior Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center |
|
