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Assessing Vegetation Changes Over 30 Years in a Montane RainforestPIERC Project Leader: James Jacobi, Ph.D. |
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Objectives: Assess changes in population structure of dominant tree species Evaluate changes in species richness and diversity Determine factors influencing the vegetation changes that have been identified |
| Accomplishments: Successfully relocated original sampling sites and raw data from 1970 survey Currently resampling the forest site using original methodology |
Significance: A long-term study of dynamics of this vegetation type has never been conducted in Hawai‘i Will result in a better understanding of the stability of this ecosystem and the dynamics of the species it contains |
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