Pacific Southwest Research Station

Education

Texas A&M University, BS Forest Science, 1977.

Research Interests/Duties

Tropical wetlands ecology, forest inventory and analysis, forest mensuration, database management, safety officer.

Current Emphases, Studies, Projects

Participation in:

Study of the relationships between environmental characteristics and species distribution in Micronesian mangroves.

Life zones mapping of Hawaii and other Pacific Islands.

Forest inventory of American Samoa.

Ecological bases of sustainability in reconstructed tropical ecosystems in Costa Rica.

Selected Publications

Ewel, K.C., R.D. Hauff, and T.G. Cole. 2002. Analyzing mangrove forest structure and species distribution on a Pacific island. Phytocoenologia 33:251-266.

Hiremath, A.J., J.J. Ewel, and T.G. Cole. 2002. Nutrient use efficiency in three fast-growing tropical trees. Forest Science 48:662-672.

Cole, T.G., K.C. Ewel, and N.N. Devoe. 1999. Structure of mangrove trees and forests in Micronesia. Forest Ecology and Management 117:95-109.

Devoe, N.N., and T.G. Cole. 1998. Growth and yield in mangrove forests of the Federated States of Micronesia. Forest Ecology and Management 103:33-48.

Ewel, K.C., J. A. Bourgeois, T.G. Cole, and S. Zheng. 1998. Variation in environmental characteristics and vegetation in high-rainfall mangrove forests, Kosrae, Micronesia. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7:49-56.

Cole, T.G., R.S. Yost, R. Kablan, and T. Olsen. 1996. Growth potential of 12 Acacia species on acid soils in Hawaii. Forest Ecology and Management 80:175-186.