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Microclimatic Effects of Kō (Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum) Row Planting in the Leeward Kohala Field System, Hawai‘i Island 夏威夷大岛背风科哈拉田间系统种植甘蔗的小气候影响

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.2984/77.2.3

Michael W. Burnett, Duncan Coleman, Gabriel Saiz, Kiara Bacasen, Marina Luccioni, Kēhaulani Marshall, Peter M. Vitousek

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A Conversation on the UH Botany Department, Vegetation Ecology, and Life with Professor Emeritus Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois 与荣誉教授 Dieter Mueller-Dombois 博士就哈佛大学植物学系、植被生态学和生活进行对话

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.2984/77.2.13

Georgia Hart-Fredeluces, David Duffy

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Automated Recording Unit Detection Probabilities: Applications for Montane Nesting Seabirds 自动记录单元检测概率:山地筑巢海鸟的应用

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.4

Andrew J. Titmus, Christopher A. Lepczyk

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Impacts of Tropical Rainforest Conversion on Soil Nutrient Pools in Viti Levu, Fiji 热带雨林转化对斐济维提岛土壤养分库的影响

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.2

Shipra Shah, Amit Sharma

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Range Expansion, Pairing Patterns, and Taxonomic Status of Brewster's Booby Sula leucogaster brewsteri 布鲁斯特鲣鸟的范围扩展、配对模式及分类学地位

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.8

E. VanderWerf, Martin Frye, John Gilardi, Jay Penniman, Mark Rauzon, H. D. Pratt, R. Steffy, Jonathan Plissner

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Abarenicola pacifica Burrowing Behavior and Its Implications for Zostera marina Seed Burial, Restoration, and Expansion 太平洋Abarenicola pacifica的穴居行为及其对滨海Zostera种子埋藏、恢复和扩张的影响

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.6

Ryley S. Crow, Rachel Merz, Megan Dethier, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

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On the Origin and Current Distribution of the Oceania Snake-Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago 夏威夷群岛大洋洲蛇眼龙(Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus)的起源和分布

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.5

Valentina Alvarez, Samuel R. Fisher, A. J. Barley, Kevin Donmoyer, Mozes P K Blom, Robert C. Thomson, Robert N. Fisher

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Seasonal and Elevational Differences by Sex in Capture Rate of ‘Ōpe‘ape‘a (Lasiurus semotus) on Hawai‘i Island 夏威夷岛“Ōpe'ape'”（Lasiurussemotus）捕获率的季节和海拔性别差异

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.1

J. Hoeh, Aaron A. Aguirre, Flor A. Calderon, Sean P. Casler, Sarah G. Ciarrachi, Karen N Courtot, Kristina Montoya-Aiona, Corinna A. Pinzari, P. M. Gorresen

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Pacific Species of Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus (Malvaceae). 3. Hibiscus mabberleyi L.A.J. Thomson sp. nov. and H. × denisonii Burb. 木槿属的太平洋物种。百合（锦葵科）。3.木槿（Hibiscus mabberleyi L.A.J.Thomson sp.nov.）。

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.3

Lex A.J. Thomson, Luca Braglia, B. Mashburn, Jean-François Butaud, Stuart Read

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Differences in Feeder Visitation by Invasive Rose-Ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) between Hawaiian Islands 夏威夷群岛入侵玫瑰环长尾鹦鹉（Psittacula krameri）觅食的差异

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Pacific Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.2984/77.1.7

Steven C. Hess, C. J. Anderson, Eric A. Tillman, William P. Bukoski, A. Shiels, Page E. Klug, S. Siers, Bryan M. Kluever

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