Products & Services
of the
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) Project

Index of HEAR Products & Services

• Websites
• Databases
• Internet e-mail lists
• Other products/services
• Future products

• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk home
• Alien Species in Hawaii
• Monitoring Database info
• Miconia in Hawaii
• Automatic HTML-Generating software (description & downloadable version)
  

• Monitoring database
  • for monitoring of natural resource biological inventories & feral animal damage
  • uses standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • currently in use by:
    • The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (Maui, Molokai, Oahu offices)
    • State of Hawaii Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) (Big Island)
    • Maui Pineapple Co. (Pu'u Kukui Watershed Management Area)
  • data maintained by respective organization
  
  
• Harmful Non-Indigenous Species (HNIS) database
  • species profiles (including distribution, biological, and control information)
  • uses standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • selected data now available on the internet (and more to come!)
  • data maintained by HEAR project (HALE)
  
  
• USFWS Federal Status/Species of Concern Tracking database
  • tracks status of federally endangered/threatened/candidate species & SOCs
  • uses standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • currently in use by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Honolulu office)
  • selected information to soon be available on the internet
  • data maintained by USFWS/HNL
  
  
•   Cultivated plants database
  • currently in use by Maui County Water Department
  • for public education (recommended species to use--and NOT to use--for landscaping in Hawaii)
  • will be used to create printed & internet-based publications
  • native plant cultivation information
  • uses standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • data maintained by Maui County Water Department
  
  
• Alien Plant Control & Herbicide Use Log
  • tracks alien plant control activities & herbicide use
  • uses standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • currently in use by Haleakala National Park (Resources Mgt. [Vegetation Mgt.])
  • data maintained by HALE/RM/VM
  
  
• Alien species "Island matrix" database
  • allows analysis of island distribution for selected species
  • will use standard Taxon Codes (see below)
  • information reflected in website (http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii)
  • data maintained by the HEAR project

• Threats to native species database (prototype)
  • presented to USFWS (Honolulu)
  • based on various "nonstructured" sources (recovery plans, EISs, etc.)
  • data maintained by USFWS/HNL

• Alien & native forest bird tracking database
  • created for Ellen VanGelder (USGS/BRD cooperator)
  • used for data collection in Waikamoi Preserve (East Maui)
  • data maintained by EVG

• Bird banding/observation tracking database
  • prototype created for Beth Flint (USFWS)
  • to be used in Northwest Hawaiian Island refuges
  • [no data--yet!]

• Other databases
  • inquire
    

• HEAR maintains several internet lists relevant to alien species in Hawaii

•   Climate zone/vegetation zone map information for Hawaii (in progress)
  • may be used to project potential distributions for alien species
  • based on published worldwide "Holdridge life zone" system
  • documentation and explanatory materials available
  • ArcView shapefile format
  • available on request
  • to eventually be available on the internet
    

• Template ArcView maps for all main Hawaiian Islands
  • available on request
  • to eventually be available on the internet
    

• Facilitation of statewide data exchange
  • Active participation in USGS/BRD-hosted Hawaii Database Working Group  [ link!]
  • Promotion of standard taxonomy (Bishop Museum as authority)
  • Standard Taxon Codes
    • based on Bishop Museum's standard taxonomy
    • flexible scheme, allowing local useage
    • information and data available on the internet
  • Standard Taxon Codes/Hawaii Natural Heritage Program EOCODES cross-reference
    • useful for private, state, and federal agencies
    • in progress
    • to eventually be available on the internet
  • USFWS Federal (Endangered/Threatened) status codes
    • USFWS-HNL as authority
    • based on standard Taxon Codes
    • soon to be available on the internet (scheduled to be online by 14 January 1997)

• Cooperation with/service providers for other alien species researchers and conservation organizations
  • Lloyd Loope (USGS/BRD)
  • Chuck Chimera (USGS/BRD) (Miconia calvescens database & mapping [GPS & ArcView])
  • Paul Krushelnycky, Stephanie Joe (USGS/BRD) (Argentine ant database & mapping [GPS & ArcView])
  • Nancy Glover (Hawaii Conservation Alliance (then the Secretariat for Conservation Biology)) (Pest ants in Hawaii website)
  • Sarah Reichard (U.C. Berkeley) (invasive characteristics of woody species in Hawaii data conversions)
  • Ellen VanGelder (USGS/BRD) (alien birds in forest habitats database)
  • John Simon (USGS/BRD) (assistance with GPS/mapping in Hanawi Forest Preserve)
  • Paul Baker (USGS/BRD) (assistance with GPS/mapping for publications)
  • Mahealani Kaiaokamalie (Living Indigenous Forest Ecosystems [LIFE]) (technical assistance)
  • Steve Anderson, Patti Welton (Haleakala National Park, Vegetation Management) (database and software design)
  • Ted Rodrigues (Haleakala National Park, Feral Animal Control) (database and software design)
  • Steve Anderson (graduate student) (technical assistance for axis deer research on Maui)
  • Alan Holt (The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, CGAPS) (information and media)
  • Coleen Cory (The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii) (monitoring database, other consulting)
  • Julie Leialoha, Bryon Stevens (Hawaii DLNR/DOFAW/Natural Area Reserves System) (monitoring database, other consulting)
  • Randy Bartlett (Maui Pineapple Co., Pu'u Kukui Watershed Management Area) (monitoring database, other consulting)
  • Marie Bruegmann (USFS-Honolulu) (endangered & threatened species monitoring database, other consulting)
  • Gary Ray (Center for Plant Conservation) (database consulting)
  • Gary Wagonner (USGS/BRD) (participating in the National Atlas Noxious Weed Information Project)
  •   Art Medeiros (USGS/BRD) (Auwahi dry forest data [East Maui])

• Development of procedures for georeferencing species locations from various sources
  • prototype project w/ Bishop Museum herbarium specimens
  • prototype project w/ endangered/threatened species listing packages/recovery plans
  • prototype project w/ U.H. Environmental Center RE: extraction of species locations from Environmental Impact Assessments
    

• Coordination of writeups on selected Harmful Non-Indigenous Species (identification & control)
  • "handbook-style" information
  • targeted towards resource managers
  • publicly-available (on the internet)
  • illustrated (hopefully!)

• Facilitate establishment of procedures and standards for submission of new information
  • current draft info is available in the "Methods, Standards, and Conventions" section of http://www2.hawaii.edu/~halesci/AlienSpeciesInHawaii)

• Weed control method database/handbook
  • species-by-species information
  • based on collaborative information from local experts
  • practical, "on-the-ground" approach
  • in cooperation with the Hawaii Conservation Alliance (then the Secretariat for Conservation Biology)
  • to be available on the web and in hard copy

• Websites will be updated to facilitate 2-way information flow

• Most current subprojects' products will be available on the internet