Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC)

The Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) focuses on the restoration of the Pacific Basin’s ecosystems, especially those of Hawaii, Guam, Truk, the Mariana Islands, and the American Samoa. Emphasis is placed on understanding and mitigating the effects of invasive species, habitat alteration, and climate change to at-risk birds, coral reefs, fish, and other island flora and fauna.

677 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 615,
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-587-7452
Fax: 808-587-7451
http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/

Samples of Ecosystems-related research at PIERC:

• Assess Importance of Fogdrip at Windward and Leeward Forest Sites on East Maui (also related to Forests)
  
  
• Assess Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on Hawaiian High-Elevation Ecosystems (also related to Global Change, Montane)
  
  
• Ecology and Management of Fire in Hawaii (also related to Fire, Invasive Species)
  
  
• Ecosystem and Biological Diversity of Hawaiian Montane Wet Forests and the Impact of Feral Pigs (also related to Forests; Invasive Species; Montane)
  
  
• Koa Community Ecology: Managing Alien Mammals (Hakalau Forest national Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, Ka'u Forest Reserve, Kahuku Unit of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kona Forest Unit of the Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) (also related to Forests; Invasive Species)
  
  
• Maui Dry Forest Restoration (also related to Arid Lands; Forests; Invasive Species)

• PIERC Research: The Ridge to Reef Project and Ecological Restoration (Hawaii, Mariana Islands, Pacific) (also related to Arid Lands, Coral Reefs, Forests)
  
  
• Restoration of Native Hawaiian Dryland Forest at Auwahi, Maui. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (7,726 KB, PDF) (also related to Arid Lands; Forests; Invasive Species; Urban Expansion)
  

• Sensitivity of Pacific Island Tropical Montane Cloud Forests to Climate Change (Hawaii, Pacific Islands) (also related to Forests; Global Change; Montane)

	More Research Samples from: Wildlife: Terrestrial and Endangered Resources Program