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Education A.B., Zoology, 1964, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH M.S., Biology, 1969, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Ph.D.,Botany, 1978, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Research Interests/Duties Ecology of invasive exotic species; risk assessment and cost/benefit models for invasive species; population, community, and ecosystem processes associated with disturbances to tropical and warm temperate forests; effects of changing hydrology on nutrient processes and forest dynamics in bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern US. Current Emphases, Studies, Projects Growth rates and physiological characteristics of exotic and native Hawaiian trees and shrubs under light and nutrient variation. (with A. Uowolo) Economic and ecological cost-benefit assessment of the invasive tree, Psidium cattleianum (strawberry guava), in the Hawaiian Islands (with J. Yanagida, U. Hawaii CTAHR) Demography of the invasive tree, Psidium cattleianum, in mid-elevation moist Hawaiian forest. (with T. Johnson, A. Uowolo, R. Nagata, and C. Perry) Assessment of invasiveness among exotic plants in the Hawaiian Islands (with C. Daehler and the Hawaii Exotic Plant Evaluation Committee) Impact of the biological control agent, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides v. miconieae, on the invasive tree, Miconia calvescens (with P. Conant and E. Kilgore, Hawaii DOA). Selected Publications Publications (last 5 years) Chazdon, R. L. and J. S. Denslow. 2002. Part 8. Floristic Composition and Species Richness. pp. 513-522 in: R. L. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore (eds.) Foundations of Tropical Rainforest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries University of Chicago Press, Chicago. D’Antonio, C., L. A. Meyerson, and J. S. Denslow. 2001. Exotic species and conservation: Research needs. In: M. Soule and G. Orians (eds.) Research priorities in conservation biology. Society of Conservation Biology. Island Press. Daehler, C. C., J. S. Denslow, S. Ansari, and H.-C. Kuo. 2004. A risk assessment system for screening out harmful invasive pest plants from Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. Conservation Biology: 18:1-9. Denslow, J. S. 2000. Patterns of structure and diversity across a tropical moist forest chronosequence. pp. 238-242 in White, P. S., L. Mucina and J. Lepš (eds.) Vegetation Science in Retrospect and Perspective. Proceedings IAVS Symposium, Opulus Press, Uppsala Denslow, J. S. 2002. Invasive alien woody species in Pacific island forests. Unasylva 53:62-63. Denslow, J. S. 2003. Weeds in paradise: thoughts on the invasibility of tropical islands. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 90:119-127. Denslow, J. S. and L. L. Battaglia. 2002. Stand composition and structure across a changing hydrological gradient: Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana. Wetlands 22:738-752. Denslow, J. S. and R. L. Chazdon. 2002. Part 10. Ecosystem ecology in the tropics. pp. 639-645 in: R. L. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore (eds.) Foundations of Tropical Rainforest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Denslow, J. S. and C. A. D’Antonio. 2005. After biocontrol: assessing indirect effects of insect releases. Biological Control 35 (3): Denslow, J. S. and S. Guzman. 2000. Variation in stand structure, light, and seedling abundance across a tropical moist forest chronosequence, Panama. Journal of Vegetation Science 11:201-212. Denslow, J. S., and R. F. Hughes. 2004. Exotic plants as ecosystem dominants: Evaluating impacts of invasive species. Weed Technology 18:1283-1287. Denslow, J. S. and M. T. Johnson. (in press) Biological control of tropical weeds: Research opportunities in plant-animal interactions. Biotropica Denslow, J. S. and D. Nelson. 2000. Impact assessment of Piper auritum Kunth on Pohnpei, FSM. Pacific Islands Forests and Trees 2:6-8. Denslow, J. S., A. L. Uowolo and R. F. Hughes. (in press) Limitations to seedling establishment in a mesic Hawaiian Forest. Oecologia. DeWalt, S. J., J. S. Denslow and K. Ikes. 2004. Enemy release facilitates habitat expansion of the invasive tropical shrub, Clidemia hirta (Melastomatacee) Ecology 85: 471-483 DeWalt, S. J., J. S. Denslow, and J. Hamrick. 2004. Biomass allocation, growth and photosynthesis of native and invasive genotypes of the shrub Clidemia hirta grown in a common garden. Oecologia. 138: 521-521. DeWalt, S. J., S. K. Maliakal and J. S. Denslow. 2003. Changes in vegetation structure and composition along a tropical forest chronosequence: implications for wildlife Forest Ecology and Management 182: 139-151. DeWalt, S. J., S. A. Schnitzer, and J. S. Denslow. 2000. Density and diversity of lianas along a chronosequence in a central Panamanian lowland forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16:1-19. Farris Lopez, K., J. S. Denslow, B. Moser and H. Passmore. 2004. Influence of a common palm, Oenocarpus mapora, on seedling establishment in a tropical moist forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20:429-438. Hughes, R . F. and J. S. Denslow. 2005. Invasion by an N-fixing tree, Falcataria moluccana, alters function and structure of wet lowland forests of Hawaii. Ecological Applications 15:1615-1628. Maliakal, S. K., E. S. Menges, and J. S. Denslow. 2000. Community composition and regeneration of south-central Florida wiregrass flatwoods in relation to time since fire. J. Torrey Botanical Society 127:125-138. Maliakal-Witt, S., E. Menges, and J. Denslow. 2005. Microhabitat distribution of two Florida scrub endemic plants in comparison to their habitat-generalist congeners. American Journal of Botany 92:411-421. Powers, J., J. M. Read, J. S. Denslow and S. M. Guzman. 2004. Primary and secondary land-use transitions: Effects of deforestation, forest regrowth and the intensification of agriculture on regional soil carbon and nitrogen storage in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. Global Change Biology 10:170-181 Read, J. M., J. S. Denslow and S. M. Guzman. 2001. Documenting land-cover history of secondary forests in a humid tropical environment using time series remote sensing data. In: A. Millington, S. Walsh, and P. Osborne (eds.) Remote sensing and GIS applications in biogeography and ecology. Kluwer Academic Publ. Smith, C. W., J. S. Denslow and S. Hight.(eds.) 2002. Biological control of invasive plants in native Hawaiian ecosystems. Proceedings of the 2000 Conservation Forum of the Secretariat for Conservation Biology. Technical Report 129, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 122pp
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