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Hillebrand W (1888) Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Heidelberg, London, New York.

1900-1960

Lewton-Brain L (1909) The Maui forest trouble. Hawaii. Planter´s Record 1: 92-95

Lyon HL (1909) The forest disease on Maui. Hawaii. Planter´s Record 1: 151-159

Rock JF (1913) The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian islands. Honolulu.

Rock JF (1915) Vegetation der Hawaii-Inseln. In: Engler A (ed) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, pp 275-311.,

Rock JF (1917) The Ohia Lehue trees of Hawaii. Botanical Bulletin. Territory of Hawaii, Board of Agriculture, Division of Forestry. 4

Lyon HL (1918) The forests of Hawai`i.  Hawai`i.  Planter's Record 20: 276-281.

Rock JF (1919) The aborescent indigenous legumes. Territory of Hawaii, Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Botanical Bulletin. 5

Hartt CE, Neal, M.C. (1940) The plant ecology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Ecology 21: 237-266

1961-1970

Schultze-Motel W (1962) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Laubmoose der Hawaii-Inseln. Willdenowia 3 (1): 97-107

Knapp R (1965) Die Vegetation von Nord- und Mittelamerika und der Hawaii-Inseln., Stuttgart, Germany, 373 pp

Doty MS, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1966) Atlas for Bioecology Studies in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. University of Hawaii, Honolulu

1971-1980

Eggler W (1971) Quantitative studies of vegetation on sixteen young lava flows on the island of Hawaii. Tropical Ecology 12: 66-100

Burgan RE, R. E. Nelson (1972) Decline of Ohia lehua forests in Hawaii. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Kliejunas JT, Ko, W.H. (1973) Root rot of ohia (Metrosideros collina, ssp. polymorpha) caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. Plant. Dis. Reptr. 57: 383-384

Kliejunas JT, Ko, W.H. (1974) Deficiency of inorganic nutrients as a contributing factor to ohia decline. Phytopathology 64: 891-896

Bega RV (1974) Phytophthora cinnamomi: Its distribution and possible role in Ohia decline on the Island of Hawaii. Plant Disease Reporter 58 (12): 1069-1073

Henning I (1974) Geoökologie der Hawaii-Inseln. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany, 153 pp

Smathers GA, D. Mueller-Dombois (1974) Invasion and Recovery of Vegetation after a Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii.

Petteys EQP, Burgan, R. E., R. E. Nelson (1975) Ohia forest decline: Its spread and severity in Hawaii. USDA Forest Service

Stoner MF (1976) Proposed theory of ohia forest decline in Hawaii: a precipitant phenomenon related to soil conditions and island maturation.

Hwang SC, Ko, W.H. (1978) Quantitative Studies of Phytophthora cinnamomi in decline and healthy ohia forests. Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 70 (2): 312-315

Rockie JD (1978) The use of enhanced Landsat imagery to monitor variations in forest vigor. Department of Geography. University of Hawaii

Papp RP, Kliejunas, J. T., Smith, R. J., R. F. Scharpf (1979) Association of Plagithmysus bilineatus and Phytophthora cinnamoni with the decline of Ohia lehua forests on the island of Hawaii. Forest Science 25: 187-196

Gerrish G, D. Mueller-Dombois (1980) Behaviour of native and non-native plants in two tropical rain forests on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Phytocoenologia 8: 237-295

Mueller-Dombois D, Jacobi, J. D., Cooray, R. G., N. Balakrishnan (1980) `Ohi`a Rain Forest Study: Ecological Investigations of the `Ohi`a Dieback Problem in Hawaii. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station

1981-1986

Adee KT, Ralph, C.J., Wood, H.B. (1981?) Succession Following Canopy Dieback in a Hawaiian Rain Forest.

Freeman WL (1981) An Biological Evaluation of Ohia Decline on the Island of Hawaii. Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Dep. of Natural Resources

Doty RD (1982?) Groundwater conditions in the Ohia rain forest near Hilo. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Berkeley, CA

Balakrishnan N, D. Mueller-Dombois (1983) Nutrient Studies in Relation to Habitat Types and Canopy Dieback in the Montane Rain Forest Ecosystem, Island of Hawai`i. Pacific Science 37 (4): 339-359

Evenson WE (1983) Climate Analysis in `Ohi`a Dieback Area on the Island of Hawai`i. Pacific Science 37 (4): 375-384

Jacobi JD (1983) Metrosideros Dieback in Hawai´i: A Comparison of Adjacent Dieback and Non-Dieback Rain Forest Stands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 6: 79-97

Jacobi JD, Gerrish, G., D. Mueller-Dombois (1983) `Ohi`a Dieback in Hawai`i: Vegetation Changes in Permanent Plots. Pacific Science 37 (4): 327-337

Mueller-Dombois D (1983) Canopy Dieback and Successional Processes in Pacific Forests. Pacific Science 37 (4): 317-325

Mueller-Dombois D (1983) Concluding Synthesis. Pacific Science 37 (4): 483-489

Stemmermann L (1983) Ecological Studies of Hawaiian Metrosideros in a Successional Context. Pacific Science 37 (4): 361-373

Burton PJ, D. Mueller-Dombois (1984) Response of Metrosideros polymorpha Seedlings to Experimental Canopy Opening. Ecology 65 (3): 779-791

Gerrish, G., and K. W. Bridges.  1984.  A Thinning and Fertilizing Experiment in Metrosideros dieback stands in Hawaii.  Hawaii Botanical Science Paper No. 43.  University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.  107 p.

Balakrishnan N (1985) Vegetation Patterns and Nutrient Regimes in a Tropical Montane Rain Forest Ecosystem, Hawaii. PhD-Thesis, Botany Department. University of Hawaii. Honolulu: 537

Loope LLPGS (1985) Vegetation response within exclosures in Hawaii: A review. In: C. P. Stone JMS (ed) Hawaiis Terrestrial Ecosystems: Preservation and Managemement., pp , Honolulu

Smith CW (1985) Impact of alien plants on Hawaiis native biota. In: C. P. Stone JMS (ed) Hawaiis Terrestrial Ecosystems: Preservation and Managemement., pp , Honolulu.

Stone CP (1985) Alien animals in Hawaii´s native ecosystems: Toward controlling the effects of introduced vertebrates. In: C. P. Stone JMS (ed) Hawaiis Terrestrial Ecosystems: Preservation and Managemement., pp , Honolulu.

Hodges CS, Adee, K. T., Stein, J. D., Wood, H. B., R. D. Doty (1986) Decline of Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) in Hawaii: a review. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station

Mueller-Dombois D (1986) Perspectives for an etiology of stand-level dieback. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 17: 221-243

Stemmermann RL (1986) Ecological Studies of `Ohi´a Varieties (Metrosideros polymorpha, Myrtaceae), the Dominants in Successional Communities of Hawaiian Rain Forests. Department of Botany. University of Hawaii. Honolulu: 293

1987

Mueller-Dombois D (1987) Natural Dieback in Forests. BioScience 37 (8): 575-583

Turner DR, Vitousek, P.M. (1987) Nodule biomass of the nitrogen-fixing alien Myrica faya Ait. in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 41: 186-190

Vitousek PM, L.L.Loope, C.P.Stone (1987) Introduced species in Hawaii: Biological effects and opportunities for ecological research. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2: 224-227

Vitousek PM, L.R. Walker, L.D. Whiteaker, D. Mueller-Dombois, P.A.Matson (1987) Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawaii. Science 238: 802-804

Wirthmann A, K. Hüser (1987) Vulkaninseln als Modelle tropischer Reliefgenese. Dargestellt am Beispiel von Hawaii, La Réunion und Mauritius. Geographische Rundschau 39 (1): 22-31

1988

Jacobi JD, Gerrish, G., Mueller-Dombois, D. & L. Whiteaker (1988) Stand-level Dieback and Metrosideros Regeneration in the Montane Rain Forest of Hawaii. GeoJournal 17 (2): 193-200

Lockwood JP, Lipman, P. W., Peterson, L. D., F. R. Warshauer (1988) Generalized ages of surface lava flows of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii. Map I-1908. US Geological Survey. Washington D. C.

Mueller-Dombois D (1988) Stand-Level Dieback and Ecosystem Processes: A Global Perspective. GeoJournal 17 (2): 162-164

Mueller-Dombois D (1988) Towards a Unifying Theory for Stand-Level Dieback. GeoJournal 17 (2): 249-252

Vitousek PM (1988) Diversity and biological invasions of oceanic islands. In: Wilson EO (ed) BioDiversity, pp 181-189. National Academy Press,

Vitousek PM, P.A. Matson, D.R. Turner (1988) Elevational and age gradients in Hawaiian montane rainforest: foliar and soil nutrients. Oecologia 77: 565-570

Uhe G (1988) The composition of the plant communities inhabiting the recent volcanic deposits of Maui and Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands. Tropical Ecology 29: 26-47

Gerrish, G.  (1988a)  An explanation of natural forest dieback based on the "Pipe model" analogy. GeoJournal 17(2):296-299.

Gerrish, G.  (1988b)  The Changing Carbon Balance in Aging Metrosideros polymorpha trees. Ph.D. Dissertation.  University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.  262 pp.

Gerrish, G., D. Mueller-Dombois, and K. W. Bridges (1988)  Nutrient limitation and Metrosideros forest dieback in Hawai'i.  Ecology 69(3):723-727.

1989

Gerrish, G. (1989) Comparing crown growth and phenology of juvenile, early mature, and late mature Metrosideros polymorpha trees.  Pacific Science 43(3):211-222.

Gower ST, P.M. Vitousek (1989) Effects of nutrient amendments on fine root biomass in a primary successional forest in Hawaii. Oecologia 81: 566-568

Vitousek PM, Matson, P.A., Van Cleve, K. (1989) Nitrogen availability and nitrification during succession: primary, secondary, and old field seres. Plant and Soil 115: 229-239

Vitousek PM, Shearer, G., Kohl, D.H. (1989) Foliar 15N natural abundance in Hawaiian rainforest: patterns and possible mechanisms. Oecologia 78: 383-388

Vitousek PM, Walker, L.R. (1989) Biological Invasion by Myrica faya in Hawai´i: plant demography, nitrogen fixation, and ecosystem effects. Ecological Monographs 59: 247-265

1990

Aplet GH (1990) Alteration of earthworm community biomass by the alien Myrica faya in Hawai´i. Oecologia 82: 414-416

Cuddihy LW, C. P. Stone (1990) Alteration of Native Hawaiian Vegetation: Effects of Humans, their Activities and Introductions. University of Hawaii. Honolulu

Gerrish, G. (1990)  Relating carbon allocation patterns to tree senescence in Metrosideros forests. Ecology 71(3):1176-1184.

Huenneke LF, Vitousek, P.M. (1990) Seedling and clonal recruitment of the invasive tree Psidium cattleianum: implications for management of native Hawaiian forests. Biological Conservation 53: 199-211

Jacobi JD (1990) Distribution maps, ecological relationships, and status of native communities on the island of Hawaii. Botany Department. University of Hawaii. Honolulu

Matson PA (1990) Plant-soil interactions in primary succession at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Oecologia 85: 241-246

Mueller-Dombois D, L. L. Loope (1990) Some unique ecological characteristics of oceanic island ecosystems. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 32 (21-27)

Mueller-Dombois D (1990) Forest decline and soil nutritional problems in the Pacific area. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 54: 195-207

Vitousek PM (1990) Biological invasions and ecosystem processes: towards an integration of population biology and ecosystem studies. Oikos 57: 7-13

Vitousek PM (1990) Biological invasions and ecosystem processes: towards an integration of population biology and ecosystem studies. Oikos 57: 7-13

Walker LR (1990) Germination of an invading tree species in Hawaii. Biotropica 22: 140-145

Woodward SA, Vitousek, P.M., Matson, K.A., Hughes, R.F., Benvenuto, K., P.A. Matson (1990) Avian use of the introduced nitrogen-fixer Myrica faya in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 44: 88-93

1991

Aradhya KM, Mueller-Dombois, D., Ranker, T.A. (1991) Genetic evidence for recent and incipient speciation in the evolution of Hawaiian Metrosideros (Myrtaceae). Heredity 67: 129-138

Hughes RF, Vitousek, P. M., T. Tunison (1991) Alien grass invasion and fire in the seasonal montane zone of Hawaii. Ecology 72: 743-746

Hughes RF, Vitousek, P.M., Tunison, J.T. (1991) Effects of invasion by fire-enhancing C4 grasses on native shrubs in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Ecology 72: 743-747

Mueller-Dombois D (1991) The Mosaic Theory and the Spatial Dynamics of Natural Dieback and Regeneration in Pacific Forests. In: Remmert H (ed) The mosaic-cycle concept of ecosystems, pp 46-60.,

Mueller-Dombois D (1991) Stand demography and vegetation change. Coenoses 6 (3): 139-141

Vitousek PM (1991) Nitrogen limitation on land and in the sea: how can it occur? Biogeochemistry 13: 87-115

Walker LR, Vitousek, P.M. (1991) Interactions of an alien and a native tree during primary succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Ecology 72: 1449-1455

1992

Gerrish, G.  (1992) Changing photosynthetic capacity during leaf ontogeny in juvenile and mature Metrosideros polymorpha trees.  Pacific Science 46(3):315-324.

Mueller-Dombois D (1992) Distributional Dynamics in the Hawaiian Vegetation. Pacific Science 46 (2): 221-231

Mueller-Dombois D (1992) Preserving Biodiversity. In: Qreshi A (ed) Forests in a changing climate., pp 303-318. Climate Institute, Washington, D.C.

Mueller-Dombois D (1992) The formation of island ecosystems. GeoJournal 28 (2): 293-296

Mueller-Dombois D (1992) A global perspective of forest decline. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11: 1069-1076

Mueller-Dombois D (1992) Potential effects of the increase in carbon dioxide and climate change on the dynamics of vegetation. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 64: 61-79

D´Antonio CM, P. M. Vitousek (1992) Biological invasions by exotic grasses, the grass-fire cycle, and global change. Ann. Rev. Ecol. & System. 23: 63-87

Drake D (1992) Seed dispersal of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae): a pioneer tree of Hawaiian lava flows. American Journal of Botany 79 (11): 1224-1228

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1992) Vegetation of the wet windward slope of Mt. Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Science 46: 221-231

Stone CP, Smith, C. W., J. T. Tunison, ed. (1992) Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research.Honolulu,

Takeuchi W (1992) The Metrosideros polymorpha Forest of the Alakai Swamp (Kauai): Population structures and dynamic trends. Botany Department. University of Hawaii

Vitousek PM (1992) Effects of alien plants on native ecosystems. In: Stone CP, Smith, C.W., Tunison, J.T. (ed) Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and Research., pp  University of Hawaii,

Vitousek PM, Aplet, G., Turner, D.R., Lockwood, J.J. (1992) The Mauna Loa environmental matrix: foliar and soil nutrients. Oecologia 89: 372-382

1993

Aradhya KM, Mueller-Dombois, D., Ranker, T. A. (1993) Genetic structure and differentiation in Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) along altitudinal gradients in Maui, Hawaii. Genetical Research 61: 159-170

Drake DR (1993) Germination requirements of Metrosideros polymorpha, the dominant tree of Hawaiian lava flows and rain forests. Biotropica 25: 461-467

Drake DR, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1993) Population development of rain forest trees on a chronosequence of Hawaiian lava flows. Ecology 74: 1012-1019

Gerrish G (1993) Using a Life History-Carbon Balance Model for Forest Decline Research. In: Huettl RF, Mueller-Dombois, D. (ed) Forest decline in the Atlantic and Pacific region, pp 243-250., Heidelberg

Hughes F, Vitousek, P.M. (1993) Barriers to shrub reestablishment following fire in seasonal submontane woodland in Hawaii. Oecologia 93: 557-563

Jacobi JD (1993) Distribution and dynamics of Metrosideros dieback on the island of Hawaii: Implications for management programs. In: Huettl RF, Mueller-Dombois, D. (ed) Forest decline in the Atlantic and Pacific region, pp 236-242., Heidelberg

Jeltsch F (1993) Modelle zu natürlichen Waldsterbephänomenen. Aachen, Germany.

Jeltsch F, C. Wissel (1993) Modelling Factors Which May Cause Stand-Level Dieback in Forests. In: Huettl RF, Mueller-Dombois, D. (ed) Forest decline in the Atlantic and Pacific region, pp 251-260., Heidelberg

Mehrhoff L (1993) Rare plants in Hawaii: A status report. Plant Conservation 7: 1-2

Mueller-Dombois D (1993) Forest decline in the Hawaiian Islands: A brief summary. In: Huettl RF, Mueller-Dombois, D. (ed) Forest decline in the Atlantic and Pacific regions., pp 366. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg

Stemmermann L, Ihsle, T. (1993) Replacement of Metrosideros polymorpha, `Ohi`a, in Hawaiian Dry Forest Succession. Biotropica 25 (1): 36-45

Vitousek, P. M., G. Gerrish, D. R. Turner, L. R. Walker, and D. Mueller-Dombois (1993)  Litterfall and nutrient cycling in four Hawaiian Montane rainforests. Journal of Tropical Ecology.

Vitousek PM, Walker, L.R., Whiteaker, L.D., Matson, P.A. (1993) Nutrient limitation to plant growthduring primary succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Biogeochemistry 23: 197-215

Walker LR (1993) Nitrogen fixers and species replacements in primary succession. In: Mules J, Walton, D.W.H. (ed) Primary succession on land., pp  Blackwell Scientific, Oxford

1994

Aplet GH, Vitousek, P.M. (1994) An age-elevation matrix analysis of Hawaiian rainforest succession. Journal of Ecology 82: 137-147

Bean C, Juvik, J.O., Nullet, D. (1994) Mountain evaporation profiles on the Island of Hawaii. Journal of Hydrology 156: 181-192

Chadwick OA, Olson, C.G., Hendricks, D.M., Kelly, E.F., Gavenda, R.T. (1994) Quantifying climatic effects on mineral weathering and neoformation in Hawaii. 15th International Soil Science Congress

Karpa DM, Vitousek, P.M. (1994) Successional development of a Hawaiian montane grassland. Biotropica 26: 2-11

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1994) An altitudinal transect analysis of windward vegetation on Haleakala, a Hawaiian island mountain: 1) climate and soils. Phytocoenologia 24: 41-133

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1994) An altitudinal transect analysis of windward vegetation on Haleakala, a Hawaiian island mountain: 2) vegetation zonation. Phytocoenologia 24: 135-154

Joel G, Aplet, G., Vitousek, P.M. (1994) Leaf morphology along environmental gradients in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha. Biotropica 26: 17-22

Juvik JO, Nullet, D. (1994) A climate transect through tropical montane rainforest in Hawaii. Journal of Applied Meteorology 33: 1304-1312

Loope LL, Duever, M., Herndon, A., Snyder, J., D. Jansen (1994) Hurricane impacts on uplands and freshwater swamp forest. BioScience 44: 238-246

Mueller-Dombois D (1994) Vegetation dynamics and the evolution of Metrosideros polymorpha in Hawaii. Phytocoenologia 24: 609-614

Vitousek PM (1994) Factors controlling ecosystem structure and function. In: Amundson R, Harden, J., Singer, M. (ed) Factors of Soil Formation; a 50th Anniversary Symposium., pp  Soil Science Society of America,

Vitousek PM (1994) Potential nitrogen fixation during primary succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Biotropica 26: 234-240

Vitousek PM, Turner, D.R., Parton, W.J., Sanford, R.L. (1994) Litter decomposition on the Mauna Loa environmental matrix, Hawaii: Patterns, mechanisms, and models. Ecology 75: 418-429

Walker LR, Aplet, G.H. (1994) Growth and fertilization responses of Hawaiian tree ferns. Biotropica 26: 378-383

1995

Akashi Y, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1995) A landscape perspective of the Hawaiian rainforest dieback. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 449-464

Crews TE, Kitayama, K., Fownes, J., Herbert, D., Mueller-Dombois, D., Riley, R.H., Vitousek, P.M. (1995) Changes in soil phosphorus and ecosystem dynamics across a long soil chronosequence in Hawai´i. Ecology 76: 1407-1424 Harrington RA, Fownes, J.H., Meinzer, F.C., Scowcroft, P.G. (1995) Forest growth along a rainfall gradient in Hawaii: Acacia koa stand structure productivity, foliar nutrients, and water- and nutrient-use efficiencies. Oecologia 102: 277-284

D´Antonio CM, Dudley, T. (1995) Biological invasions as agents of change on islands versus mainlands. In: Vitousek PMea (ed) Ecological Studies, pp 103-121. Springer-Verlag,

Kitayama K, D. Mueller-Dombois (1995) Biological invasion on an oceanic island mountain: Do alien species have wider ecological amplitudes than native species? Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 667-674

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1995) Vegetation changes along gradients of long term soil development in the Hawaiian montane rain forest zone. Vegetatio 120: 1-20

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D., P. M. Vitousek (1995) Primary succession of Hawaiian montane rain forest on a chronosequence of eight lava flows. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 211-222

Lohse KA, Nullet, D., Vitousek, P.M. (1995) The effects of an extreme drought on the vegetation of a single lava flow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Pacific Science 49: 212-220

Mueller-Dombois D (1995) Biological diversity and disturbance regimes in island ecosystems. In: Vitousek PM, Adserson, H. (ed) Islands: Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function., pp 163-175. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg

Nullet D, Juvik, J.O., Wall, A. (1995) A Hawaiian montane climate cross-section. Climate Research 5: 131-137

Vitousek PM, Aplet, G.H., Raich, J.R., Lockwood, J.P. (1995) Mauna Loa as a model system for ecological research. Geophysical Monographs 22: 117-126

Vitousek PM, Gerrish, G., Turner, D.R., Walker, L.R., Mueller-Dombois, D. (1995) Litterfall and nutrient cycling in four Hawaiian montane rainforests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11: 189-203

Townsend AR, Vitousek, P.M., Trumbore, S.E. (1995) Temperature controls over long term soil organic matter dynamics. Ecology 76: 721-733

1996

Kitayama K (1996) Patterns of species diversity on an oceanic versus a continental island mountain: a hypothesis on species diversification. Journal of Vegetation Science 7: 879-888

Mueller-Dombois D (1996) Geomorphological Evolution of Stream Ecosystems and Rain Forest Dynamics in Hawai`i. In: Resources DoLaN (ed) Will Stream Restoration benefit Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Fisheries?, pp 7-29., Honolulu

Raich JW, Russell, A.E., Crews, T.E., Farrington, H., Vitousek, P.M. (1996) Both nitrogen and phosphorus limit plant production on young Hawaiian lava flows. Biogeochemistry 32: 1-14

Ray GS (1996) Federally listed Hawaiian plant taxa. Bishop Museum, Center for Plant Conservation, Hawaii. Honolulu

Riley RH (1996) Process-level regulation of nitrogen trace gas flux in Hawaiian montane rainforest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28: 1251-1260

Vitousek PM, D´Antonio, C.M., L.L. Loope, Westbrooks, R. (1996) Island ecosystems: do they represent "natural experiments" in biological diversity? In: Mooney HAea (ed) Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective., pp  Springer-Verlag,

1997

Boehmer HJ, Richter M (1997): Regeneration of Plant Communities - An Attempt to Establish a Typology and Zonal System. - Plant Research and Development 45: 74-88.

Gerrish G (1997?) Native Vegetation Invades Old Sugarcane Fields on Hawaii. Newsletter of the Hawaiian Botanical Society 35 (2): 32-35

Kitayama K, Pattison, R., Cordell, S., Webb, B., Mueller-Dombois, D. (1997) Ecological and Genetic Implications of Foliar Polymorphism in Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud. (Myrtaceae) in a Habitat Matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Annals of Botany 80: 491-497

Kitayama K, Schuur, E.A.G., Drake, D.R., Mueller-Dombois, D. (1997) Fate of a wet montane forest during soil aging in Hawaii. Journal of Ecology 85: 669-679

Kitayama K, Mueller-Dombois, D., Pattison, R., Cordell-Hart, S. (1997) Ecological and genetic implications of foliar polymorphism of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud. (Myrtaceae) in a habitat matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Annals of Botany 80: 491-497

Raich JW, Russell, A.E., Vitousek, P.M. (1997) Primary production and ecosystem development along an elevational gradient in Hawaii. Ecology 78: 707-721

Russell AE, Vitousek, P.M. (1997) Decomposition and potential nitrogen fixation in Dicranopteris linearis litter on Mauna Loa, Hawai´i, USA. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13: 579-594

Thompson MV, Vitousek, P.M. (1997) Asymbiotic nitrogen fixation and decomposition during long-term soil development in Hawaiian montane rain forest. Biotropica 29: 134-144

Vitousek PM (1997) The ecosystems of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii. Natural History 106(5): 48-53

Vitousek PM, Chadwick, O.A., Crews, T., Fownes, J., Hendricks, D.M., Herbert, D. (1997) Soil and ecosystem development across the Hawaiian Islands. GSA Today 7 (9): 1-8

1998

Adler P, D´Antonio, C.M., Tunison, J.T. (1998) Understory succession following a dieback of Myrica faya in

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 52: 69-78

Aplet GH, Hughes, R.F., Vitousek, P.M. (1998) Ecosystem development on Hawaiian lava flows: biomass and species composition. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 17-26

Aplet GH, Loh, R.L., Tunison, J.T., Vitousek, P.M. (1998) Experimental restoration of a closed Faya tree stand. University of Hawaii

Austin AT, Vitousek, P.M. (1998) Nutrient dynamics on a precipitation gradient in Hawai´i. Oecologia 113: 519-529

Cordell S, Goldstein, G., Mueller-Dombois, D., Webb, D., Vitousek, P.M. (1998) Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha, a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: the role of phenotypic plasticity. Oecologia 113: 188-196

D´Antonio CM, Hughes, R.F., Mack, M., Hitchcock, D., Vitousek, P.M. (1998) The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally-dry Hawaiian woodland. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 699-712

Freifelder R, Vitousek, P.M., D´Antonio, C.M. (1998) Microclimate change and projected effect on fire following forest-grass conversion in seasonally dry tropical woodland. Biotropica 30: 286-297

Juvik SPJOJ (1998) Atlas of Hawai`i., Honolulu

Kennedy MJ, Chadwick, O.A., Vitousek, P.M., Derry, L.A., Hendricks, D. (1998) Replacement of weathering with atmospheric sources of base cations during ecosystem development. Geology 26: 1015-1018

Kitayama K, Raitio, H., Mueller-Dombois, D., Schuur, E. (1998) Wood volume, foliar chemical compositions and soil mineralization in Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) stands on Haleakala, Hawaii. Biotropica 30: 330-338

Ley R, D´Antonio, C.M. (1998) Exotic grass invasion alters potential rates of N fixation in Hawaiian woodlands. Oecologia 113: 179-187

Mueller-Dombois D (1998) Regenwalddynamik und Landschaftsentwicklung auf Hawaii. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 51 (8): 298-304

Mueller-Dombois D, F. R. Fosberg (1998) Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands., New York

Mueller-Dombois D (1998) Dieback dynamics in Pacific island and mountain forests. In: Ambasht RS (ed) Modern Trends in Ecology and Environment., pp 277-284. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam

Mueller-Dombois D (1998) Plant biodiversity in tropical ecosystems across the Asia-Pacific  region. In: Chou CH, Shaon, K.T. (ed) Frontiers in Biology: The Challenges of Biodiversity., pp 105-113. Academia Sinica, Taipei

Raich JW (1998) Aboveground productivity and soil respiration in three Hawaiian rain forests. Forest Ecology and Management 107: 309-318

Russell AE, Raich, J.W., Vitousek, P.M. (1998) The ecology of the climbing fern Dicranopteris linearis on windward Mauna Loa, Hawai´i. Journal of Ecology 86: 765-779

Tanner EVJ, Vitousek, P.M., Cuevas, E. (1998) Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains. Ecology 79: 10-22

Vitousek PM (1998) Foliar and litter nutrients, nutrient resorption, and decompositon in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha. Ecosystems 1: 401-407

1999

Cordell S, Goldstein, G. (1999) Light distribution and photosynthesis of Metrosideros polymorpha dominated forests at both ends of a nutrient and substrate age gradient in Hawaii. Selbyana 20: 350-356

Cordell S, Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Handley, L.L. (1999) Allocation of nitrogen and carbon in leaves of Metrosideros polymorpha regulates carboxylation capacity and delta13C along an altitudinal gradient. Functional Ecology 13: 811-818

Gerrish G, Mueller-Dombois, D. (1999) Measuring Stem Growth Rates for Determining Age and Cohort Analysis of a Tropical Evergreen Tree. Pacific Science 53 (4): 418-429

Heath JA, Huebert, B.J. (1999) Cloudwater deposition as a source of fixed nitrogen in a Hawaiian montane forest. Biogeochemistry 44: 119-134

Herbert DA, Fownes, J.H. (1999) Forest productivity and efficiency of resource use across a chronosequence of tropical montane soils. Ecosystems 2: 242-254

Herbert DA, Fownes, J.H., Vitousek, P.M. (1999) Hurricane damage and recovery of a Hawaiian forest: effects of incresed nutrient availability on ecosystem resistance and resilience. Ecology 80: 908-920

Huebert B, Vitousek, P., Sutton, J., Elias, T., Heath, J., Coeppicus, S., Howell, S., Blomquist, B. (1999) Volcano fixes nitrogen into plant available forms. Biogeochemistry 47: 111-118

Kurina LM, Vitousek, P.M. (1999) Controls over the accumulation and decline of a nitrogen-fixing lichen, Stereocaulon vulcani, on young Hawaiian lava flows. Journal of Ecology 87: 784-799

Russell AE, Ranker, T.A., Gemmill, C., Farrar, D. (1999) Patterns of clonal diversity in Dicranopteris linearis on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Biotropica 31: 449-459

Vitousek PM (1999) Nutrient limitation to nitrogen fixation in young volcanic sites. Ecosystems 2: 505-510

Wagner WL, Herbst, D. R., S. H. Sohmer (1999) Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai`i. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.

Zdravko B, Goldstein, G. (1999) Leaf construction cost, nutrient concentration, and net CO2 assimilation of native and invasive species in Hawaii. Oecologia 121: 183-192

2000

Austin TA, Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Precipitation, decomposition and decomposability of Metrosideros polymorpha in native forests on Hawai´i. Journal of Ecology 88: 129-138

Blackmore M, Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Cattle grazing, forest loss, and fuel loading in a dry forest ecosystem at Pu´u Wa´a Wa´a Ranch, Hawaii. Biotropica 32: 625-632

Cabin RJ, Weller, S.G., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T.W., Sakai, A.K., Sandquist, D., Hadway, L.J. (2000) Effects of long-term ungulate exclusion and recent alien species control on the preservation and restoration of a Hawaiian tropical dry forest. Conservation Biology 14: 439-453

Cordell S, Goldstein, G., Melcher, P.J., Meinzer, F.C. (2000) Photosynthesis and freezing avoidance in ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) at treeline in Hawaii. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 32: 381-387

Crews TE, Farrington, H., Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Changes in asymbiotic, heterotrophic nitrogen fixation with ecosystem development across a long soil chronosequence in Hawaii. Ecosystems 3: 386-395

D´Antonio CM, Tunison, J.T., Loh, R.K. (2000) Variation in the impact of exotic grasses on native plant composition in relation to fire across an elevational gradient in Hawaii. Austral Ecology 25: 507-522

Hobbie SE, Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Nutrient regulation of decomposition in Hawaiian forests. Ecology 81: 1867-1877

Hotchkiss SC, Vitousek, P.M., O.A. Chadwick, Price, J.P. (2000) Climate cycles, geomorphological change, and the interpretation of soil and ecosystem development. Ecosystems 3: 522-533

Mueller-Dombois D (2000) Biodiversity and environmental gradient across the tropical Pacific islands: A new strategy for research and conservation. Naturwissenschaften 86: 253-261

Mueller-Dombois D (2000) Succession and zonation in the volcanic mountains of the Hawaiian Islands. Acta Phytogeographica Sueica 85: 33-41

Mueller-Dombois D (2000) Rain forest establishment and succession in the Hawaiian islands. Landscape and Urban Planning 51: 147-157

Cordell S, Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Morphological and physiological adjustment to N and P fertilization in Metrosideros polymorpha canopy trees in Hawaii. Tree Physiology 21: 43-50

Melcher PJ, Cordell, S., Jones, T., Scowcroft, P.G., Niemczura, W., Giambelluca, T.W., Goldstein, G. (2000) Supercooling capacity increases from sea level to treeline in the Hawaiian tree species Metrosideros polymorpha. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161: 369-379

Raich JW, Parton, W.J., Vitousek, P.M., Russell, A.E., Sanford, R.L. (2000) Environmental regulation of ecosystem development during primary succession in Hawaii. Biogeochemistry 51: 161-191

Riley RH, Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Hurricane effects on nitrogen trace gas emissions in Hawaiian montane rainforest. Biotropica 32: 751-756

Santiago LS (2000) Use of coarse woody debris by the plant community of a Hawaiian montane cloud forest. Biotropica 32: 633-641

Santiago LS, Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Fownes, J.H., Mueller-Dombois, D. (2000) Transpiration and forest structure in relation to soil waterlogging in a Hawaiian montane cloud forest. Tree Physiology 20 (10): 673-681

Scowcroft PG, Turner, D.R., Vitousek, P.M. (2000) Decomposition of Metrosideros polymorpha leaf litter along elevational gradients in Hawaii. Global Change Biology 6: 73-85

Stratton LC, Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C. (2000) Temporal and spatial partitioning of water resources among eight woody species in a Hawaiian dry forest. Oecologia 124: 309-317

Zdravko B, Pattison, R., Goldstein, G. (2000) Responses to light and water availability of four invasive Melastomataceae in the Hawaiian islands. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161: 107-118

2001

D´Antonio CM, Hughes, R.F., Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Factors influencing the dynamics of two invasive C4 grasses in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodlands. Ecology 82: 89-104

Durand LZ, Goldstein, G. (2001) Photosynthesis, photoinhibition and nitrogen use efficiency in native and invasive tree ferns in Hawaii. Oecologia 126: 345-354

Karlin EF (2001) Taxonomy of Hawaiian Sphagna. The Bryologist 104 (2): 290-296

Kurina LM, Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Nitrogen fixation rates of Stereocaulon vulcani on young Hawaiian lava flows. Biogeochemistry 55: 179-194

Ostertag R (2001) The effects of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on fine root dynamics in Hawaiian montane forests. Ecology 82: 485-499

Pearson HL, Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in regeneration stands of Acacia koa,a tropical leguminous tree. Ecological Applications 11: 1381-1394

Restrepo C, Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Landslides, alien species, and the diversity of a Hawaiian montane mesic system. Biotropica 33: 409-420

Schuur EAG (2001) The effect of water on decomposition dynamics in mesic to wet Hawaiian montane forests. Ecosystems 4: 259-273

Stewart BW, Capo, R.C., Chadwick, O.A. (2001) Effects of rainfall on weathering rate, base cation provenance, and Sr isotope composition of Hawaiian soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65: 1087-1099

Treseder KK, Vitousek, P.M. (2001) Potential ecosystem-level effects of genetic variation among populations of Metrosideros polymorpha from a soil fertility gradient in Hawaii. Oecologia 126: 266-275

2002

Austin AT (2002) Differential effects of precipitation on production and decomposition along a rainfall gradient in Hawai´i. Ecology 83: 328-338

Cabin RJ, Weller, S.G., Lorence, D.H., Cordell, S., Hadway, L.J. (2002) Effects of microsite, water, weeding, and direct seeding on the regeneration of native and alien species within a Hawaiian dry forest preserve. Biological Conservation 104: 181-190

Cordell, S., Cabin, R. J., Hadway, L. J. (2002) Physiological ecology of native and alien dry forest shrubs in Hawaii. Biological Invasions 4: 387-396.

Mueller-Dombois, D. (2002) Forest vegetation across the tropical Pacific: A biogegraphically complex region with many analogous environments. Plant Ecology 163: 155-176.

Ostertag, R., Verville, J. (2002) Fertilization with nitrogen and phosphorus increases abundance of non-native species in Hawaiian montane forests. Plant Ecology 162: 77-90.

Pearson, H. L., Vitousek, P.M. (2002) Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics and symbiotic nitrogen fixation across a substrate-age gradient in Hawaii. Ecosystems 5: 587-596.

Vitousek, P.M. (2002) Oceanic islands as model systems for ecological studies. Journal of Biogeography 29: 573-582.

2003

Benitez-Nelson CR, Vink SM, Carillo JH, Huebert BJ (2003) Volcanically influenced iron and aluminium cloud water deposition to Hawaii. Atmos. Environ. 37: 535-544.