HIPPNET research

In keeping with protocols used for creating permanent plots in temperate and tropical forests worldwide, the sites will be located in areas with good access, strong commitment from landholders and local communities toward conservation, and high native species cover. HIPPNET will enable researchers in Hawaii to become world-class leaders in studies of:

• Global change (i.e., climate impacts, community dynamics, invasive species)

• Ecohydrololgy (linkages between forest-water-atmosphere)

• Ecosystem services (services vital to our economy and well being including many biological, aesthetic, and cultural values)

• Remote sensing (modeling of ecosystem dynamics)

• Restoration (returning an ecosystem to its historic trajectory)

• Comparative forest ecology (comparing Hawaii's forests with tropical and temperate forests around the world)

• Community structure and organization

• Population genetics and evolutionary ecology of forest plants

• Biogeochemical processes