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3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Dept. Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker
Graduate Program Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker

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Tamara Wong

Tamara Wong

  PhD Student

Ethnobotany Track
Mentor: Will McClatchey
Incoming Class of 2007

Contact Information
Phone: (808) 956-6738
Fax: (808) 956-3923
Email: tamarawo@hawaii.edu
Office: St. John 502

University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Affiliations
Botany; Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EECB)

Dissertation Title:
Population dynamics, restoration, and habitat modeling of native Hawaiian plant Alyxia stellata on Kaua'i, Hawai'i.


Research Interests:

  • Population ecology and conservation of native Hawaiian plants


  • Ecology of non-timber forest products


  • Community-based resource management


  • Population dynamics and habitat modeling



Publications:

  • Wester, L., J. Delay, L. Hoang, B. Iida, N. Kalodimos, and T. Wong. (2006) Population Dynamics of Marsilea villosa (Marsiliaceae) on O`ahu, Hawai`i. Pacific Science 60: 385-402.


  • Wong, T. and T. Idol (2006) Morinda citrofolia L. (Rubiaceae) growth and light environment in the understory of differing tree canopy species of an agroforestry system, O`ahu, Hawai`i. Poster presentation. Society for Economic Botany XLVII Annual Meeting. Chiang Mai, Thailand.