Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
Amanda Uowolo
Ecologist
Phone: (808) 933-8121 ex 163
USDA, Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
60 Nowelo Street
Hilo, HI 96720
Ph: (808) 933-8121
Fx: (808) 933-8120
Education
B.S. Agriculture, 1999, University of Hawaii at Hilo
M.S. Ecology, 2002, Colorado State University
Research Interests/Duties
Invasive species impacts and dynamics, forest ecology, restoration ecology, lowland wet forests, plant propagation
Current Emphases, Studies, Projects
The potential for restoration to break the grass/fire cycle in dryland ecosystems in Hawaii. Project funded by the Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).
Project Collaborators and Affiliations:
- Susan Cordell (PI), USDA FS
- Jarrod Thaxton (Co-PI), UPR – Mayaguez
- Gregory Asner (Co-PI), Carnegie Institution
- Jim Kellner, University of Maryland
- Kealoha Kinney, USDA FS
- Samuel Brooks, USDA FS
- Amanda Uowolo, USDA FS
- Mark Cheynowth, UHM
Developing novel ecosystems that optimize carbon storage, native biodiversity, and human mobility in lowland Hawaiian forests. Project funded by the Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).
Project Collaborators and Affiliations:
- Rebecca Ostertag (PI), UHH
- Susan Cordell (Co-PI), USDA FS
- Peter Vitousek (Co-PI), Stanford University
- Laura Warman, USDA FS
- Jodie Schulten, UHH
- Amanda Uowolo, USDA FS
- Corie Yanger, UHH
- Nicole DiManno, UHH
- William Buckley, Stanford University
Remote sensing technology for threatened and endangered plant species recovery. Project funded by the Department of Defense, Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP).
Project Collaborators and Affiliations:
- Erin Questad (PI), Cal-Poly Pomona
- Susan Cordell (Co-PI), USDA FS
- Jim Kellner, University of Maryland
- Kealoha Kinney, USDA FS
- Samuel Brooks, USDA FS
- Amanda Uowolo, USDA FS
Selected Publications
- Hughes, R. F., A.L. Uowolo, and T. P. Togia. Effective control of Falcataria moluccana in forests of American Samoa: Managing invasive species in concert with ecological processes. Biological Invasions. Doi: 10.1007/s10530-011-0164y.
- Mascaro, J., C. M. Litton, R.F. Hughes, A. Uowolo, and S.A. Schnitzer. 2011. Minimizing bias in tree biomass allometry: model selection and log-transformation of data. Biotropica 43: 649-653.
- Asner, G.P., R.F. Hughes, J. Mascaro, A.L. Uowolo, D.E. Knapp, J. Jacobson, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, J.K. Clark, and A. Balaji. High-resolution carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawai‘i. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 434-439.
- Uowolo, A.L., and J.S. Denslow. Characteristics of the Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae) Seed bank in Hawaiian lowland wet forests. Pacific Science 62: 129-135.
- Denslow, J.S., A.L. Uowolo, and R.F. Hughes. Limitations to seedling establishment in a mesic Hawaiian forest. Oecologia 148:118-128.
- Hughes, R.F., and A.L. Uowolo. Impacts of Falcataria moluccana invasion on decomposition in Hawaiian lowland wet forests: the importance of stand-level controls. Ecosystems 9: 1-16.
- Uowolo, A.L., D. Binkley, and E.C. Adair. 2005. Plant diversity in riparian forests in northwest Colorado: effects of time and river regulation. Forest Ecology and Management 218: 107-114.
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