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Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

HEAR site map

• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) home (http://www.hear.org/)

• Search the HEAR website

• Information about the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
  • HEAR project description and mission statement
  • summary of HEAR products and services
  • HEAR's interagency partnerships
  • A Vision for an Expanded Invasive Species Information System for Hawaii and the Pacific  

• Services provided by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
  • Announcements
  • Job vacancies
  • Internet mailing lists ("list servers" or "listservs")

• Invasive species information
  • The alien species problem in Hawaii
  • The Silent Invasion (online booklet)
  • Literature references (RE: invasive species)
  • Definitions of terms (RE: invasive species)
  • A Global Compendium of Weeds (>20,000 taxa with literature citations)  
  • Alien Species in Hawaii (per-species info)  
  • Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER)  
  • Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Species (DLNR/DOFAW)
    • (see also the species list that was originally included on that site)
  • Harmful Non-Indigenous Species (HNIS) Database  (detailed info sheets)
    
  • Full-text alien species articles
  • HEAR "Island Matrix" (cross-reference by island of selected species with controllability estimates)
  • Selected important species
    • Caribbean frogs (e.g. coqui)
    • Ants (including fire ants [RIFA], etc.)
    • Feral cats
    • Miconia in Hawaii (Miconia calvescens [Melastomataceae])
    • Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis [Asteraceae])
    • Ivy gourd in Hawaii (Coccinia grandis [Cucurbitaceae])

• Species images
  • Plants of Hawaii (Forest & Kim Starr photos, including invasive and non-invasive non-native species, and native species)
  • Organisms of Hawaii (web-wide searches for images of native species and non-native "naturalized" species of Hawaii)
  • Images available from HEAR (other images available from HEAR, including a list of other online image sources)

• Other information & websites hosted by HEAR
  • Plants of Hawaii (images, reports, maps)    
  • Hawaii's island Invasive Species Committees (ISCs)  
  • Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS)
  • Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER)  
  • HEAR bibliography  
  • Galápagos Islands invasive species   (bilingual: English/Inglés, Español/Spanish)
  • Hawaiian Natural Resources Monitoring Database
  • Operation Miconia (a Big Island project)
  • HEAR climate model (prototype geospatial modelling system with Hawaii mapped to Holdridge Life Zones)
  • Hawaii Working Group for the Presidential Invasive Species Advisory Committee
  • Alien Species Data Sources in Hawaii (metadata for alien species data sets)
  • Haleakala Conservation Biology Field Station (accommodations/facilities for visiting researchers [Haleakala National Park, Maui])
• Volunteer Opportunities on Maui (conservation-oriented)

• Important links to external websites
  • Hawaii Ant Group (HAG)
  • National Invasive Species Council
  • Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) (National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII])
  • Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) (U.S. Geological Survey [USGS], Biological Resources Division [BRD])
  • Haleakala Field Station (USGS/BRD/PIERC) (Maui)
  • Other alien species-related sites (many excellent links!), including:  
    • Hawaii-centric alien species information sites
      
    • What is threatened by alien species in Hawaii?
      
    • National, regional, and international alien species information
      
    • Other links