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Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011

(510) 559-6300

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Programs and Projects

(RWU-4154)

Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

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J. Boone Kauffman PhD
Institute Director
Ecologist
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Phone: (808) 933-8121 ex 101

Pacific Southwest Research Station
Intstitute of Pacific Islands Forestry

60 Nowelo Street
Hilo, HI 96720

Ph: (808) 933-8121
Fx: (808) 933-8120


Education
B.S. Range and Wildlife, 1978, Texas Tech University
M.S. Ecology, 1982, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Forest Ecology, 1986, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests/Duties
Tropical Ecosystems Ecology and Restoration; Fire Ecology; Wetlands/Riparian Ecology and Restoration; Disturbance Ecology; Ecology and effects of large herbivores on ecosystems

Current Emphases, Studies, Projects
Fire Effects and vegetation dynamics along gradients of climate and disturbance in Hawaiian lowland mesic/wet ecosystems.
Interactions of burn season and ecological condition on ecosystem response to fire in mountain big sagebrush communities: information necessary for restoration and postfire rehabilitation.
Dynamics of biomass C, and nutrient pools in Costa Rican primary forests and changes associated with land conversion and abandonment

Selected Publications

Jaramillo, V.J.; Kauffman, J.B.; Rentería-Rodríguez, L.; Cummings, D.L.; Ellingson, L.J. 2003. Biomass, carbon, and nitrogen pools in Mexican tropical dry forest landscapes. Ecosystems. 6: 609-629.

Kauffman, J. B., M..D. Steele, D.L. Cummings and V. J. Jaramillo. 2003 Biomass Dynamics Associated with Deforestation, Fire, and, Conversion to Cattle Pasture in a Mexican Tropical Dry Forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 176:1-12.

Brookshire, E.N.J., J. B. Kauffman, D. Lytjen and N. Otting. 2002. Cumulative effects of wild ungulate and livestock herbivory on riparian willows. Oecologia. 132:559-566.

Cummings, D.L., J. B. Kauffman, D.A. Perry, and R.F. Hughes. 2002. Aboveground biomass and structure of rainforest in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 163:293-307.

Kauffman, J. B. M. Mahrt, L. A Mahrt, and W. D. Edge. 2001. Wildlife of riparian habitats. pp 361-388 In: Johnson, D.A. and T.A. O’Neill (editors): Wildlife-Habitat relationships in Oregon and Washington: Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.


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