HEAR "Webmaster's Pick" archives

Strawberry Guava Biocontrol: Restoring natural balance to Hawaii's forests and watersheds with the help of a bug
A link to the document entitled "Biocontrol of Strawberry Guava by its Natural Control Agent for Preservation of Native Forests in the Hawaiian Islands [June 2010])"--produced for the State of Hawaii--and a summary of its contents is provided, along with links to other fact-based details about biocontrol of strawberry guava (Psidium cattelianum) by the insect Tectococcus ovatus.

Assessment and prioritisation of risk for forty exotic animal species (Australia)
Assessment and prioritisation of risk for forty exotic animal species--a document from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre of Australia--is now available online.

The birds of the Hawaiian Islands
The birds of the Hawaiian Islands: occurrence, history, distribution, and status contains the synthesis of a lifetime's work on birds of Hawaii by Robert Pyle. This site provides an official checklist for all species of birds documented as occurring in the Hawaiian Islands. Detailed species accounts are provided for 317 species documented since 1778, including native land birds and waterbirds, breeding seabirds, migratory species, vagrants, and non-native species with established breeding populations. Accounts include historical occurrence as well as current status. Documentary images are provided for rare and unusual occurrences and trends based on Chistmas Count data are provided when sample sizes are adequate. Species accounts are also provided for 42 species of hypothetical occurrence or that have been erroneously reported, and 145 non-native species introduced or reported in the wild, but for which viable breeding populations have not been established. This site represents the culmination of work undertaken by Robert L. Pyle during the 1950-2000s and completed by his family following his passing.

• Species by location (country/territory/state, island group, and island) tables are included for all such entities where there are sufficient data. These tables, of course, have hyperlinks to the profile pages for the individual species. See http://www.hear.org/pier/locations/islands.htm. (NOTE: The information on PIER is only as good as the supporting data; if you find that known species are not listed for your location, please contact PIER with this information [pier@hear.org].)
  
  
• Common names by language are now available; see http://www.hear.org/pier/commonnames/languages/.
  
  
• Over 5000 herbarium records from the Bishop Museum have been added to the location data. In many cases these records document locations not found in the literature.
  
  
• A revised CD version is also available. If you have poor/slow/expensive internet access or would like a CD to use in your laptop away from the office, please send your request to pier@hear.org.
  

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The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is currently funded by grants from the Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service with support from PCSU (UH Manoa). Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), PIERC (USGS), the USFWS, HCSU (UH Hilo), and HALE (NPS). More details are available online.

This page was created on 21 December 2005 by PT, and was last updated on 01 December 2011 by PT.