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PIERC Research: Invasive Species

Invasive Species Information System for Hawaii and the Pacific
Hawaiian Ecosystems At Risk project website (leaving USGS gov. website)

Predators

Predators in Hawaii
Reducing feral cat threats
Feral cats: Too long a threat to Hawaiian wildlife (pdf) USGS Fact Sheet
Alien rat control in Hawaii
Experimental test of ground-based rodent control in Hawaiian rainforest
Review of Brown Treesnake problems and control review (pdf)

Birds

Alien bird decision support system
Seed dispersal by the invasive Kalij Pheasant: implications for Hawaiian forests (pdf)
Kalij Pheasant Population Dynamics (pdf)

Herbivores

Plant response to alien species control
New strategies to manage Mouflon
Efficacy of feral pig removals
Feral ungulate research and technical assistance
Wild Sheep and Deer in Hawai‘i—a Threat to Fragile Ecosystems(Leaving web page
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Insects

For more information on the interactions between feral pigs, introduced mosquitoes and native birds, please visit our Biocomplexity Research Page.

Red imported fire ants
The ecology, policy and management of ants in Hawaii
Argentine Ant containment and eradication
The role of abiotic conditions in shaping the long-term patterns of a high-elevation Argentine ant invasion (pdf)
Alien yellowjacket control
Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus
Ant invasions of mamane-naio forest at high elevations on Mauna Kea

Plants

Invasive species management strategy for National Park of American Samoa
Early detection of invasive species on Maui
Vegetation response to alien species control in the Olaa-Kilauea Management Area
A biological control project against Kahili Ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) in Hawai'i (pdf)
Biocontrol: Blackberry (Rubus argutus)
Biocontrol: Myrica faya (Morella faya)
Biocontrol: Kahili Ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
Biocontrol: Yellow Himalayan Raspberry (Rubus ellipticus)

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