A5045511818- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- GABA and Rice Research
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Asian American and Pacific Histories
- Rural development and sustainability
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Bamboo properties and applications
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Study of Mite Species
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Japanese History and Culture
- Natural Products and Biological Research
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2016-2025
University of Hawaii System
2015-2025
Pacific Biosciences (United States)
2023
Stanford University
2014-2015
University of Canterbury
2014
Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, distribution, and the threats affecting them. We compiled global dataset sampled earthworm communities from 6928 sites in 57 countries as basis for predicting patterns abundance, biomass. found that local species richness abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying opposite to those observed aboveground organisms. high dissimilarity across...
Winter, K. B., N. Lincoln, F. Berkes, R. A. Alegado, Kurashima, L. Frank, P. Pascua, Y. M. Rii, Reppun, I. S. Knapp, W. C. McClatchey, T. Ticktin, Smith, E. Franklin, Oleson, Price, McManus, J. Donahue, Rodgers, B. Bowen, Nelson, Thomas, J.-A. Leong, Madin, Rivera, Falinski, Bremer, Deenik, Gon III, Neilson, Okano, Olegario, Nyberg, H. Kawelo, Kotubetey, Kukea-Shultz, and Toonen. 2020. Ecomimicry in Indigenous resource management: optimizing ecosystem services to achieve abundance, with...
Abstract Earthworms are an important soil taxon as ecosystem engineers, providing a variety of crucial functions and services. Little is known about their diversity distribution at large spatial scales, despite the availability considerable amounts local-scale data. Earthworm data, obtained from primary literature or provided directly by authors, were collated with information on site locations, including coordinates, habitat cover, properties. Datasets required, minimum, to include...
Social-ecological system theory draws upon concepts established within the discipline of ecology, and applies them to a more holistic view human-in-nature system. We incorporated keystone concept into social-ecological theory, used quantum co-evolution unit (QCU) quantify biocultural elements as either components or redundant systems. This is done by identifying specific diversity, then determining dominance functional groups. The “Hawaiian system” was selected model study test this because...
Abstract Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a prolific tropical tree producing highly nutritious and voluminous carbohydrate-rich fruits. Already recognized as an underutilized crop, breadfruit could ameliorate food insecurity protect against climate-related productivity shocks in undernourished equatorial regions. However, lack of fundamental knowledge impedes widespread agricultural adoption, from modern agroforestry to plantation schemes. Here, we used multi-environment variety trial...
The distribution, mode, and intensity of agriculture both influence are influenced by the natural environment. Soil fertility indicators that correlate with intensification dryland in pre‐contact Hawai'i have been mapped across Hawaiian archipelago. We investigated these soil agricultural development unique environment Kona, Hawai'i, largest, culturally most significant, geologically youngest field systems Hawai'i. Agriculture was intensified systematically on substrates ≥4,000 years old...
Before European contact, Native Hawaiian agriculture was highly adapted to place and expressed a myriad of forms. Although the iconic lo‘i systems (flooded irrigated terraces) are often portrayed as traditional agriculture, other forms were, in sum, arguably more important. While pockets agricultural practices have persevered over 240 years since arrival, revival indigenous methods crops has substantially increased 1970s. engagement restoration maintenance been core vehicle for communication...
Indigenous crops, tremendously valuable both for food security and cultural survival, are experiencing a resurgence in Hawaiʻi. These crops have been historically valued by agricultural researchers as genetic resources breeding, while knowledge, names, stories practices persisted outside of formal educational governmental institutions. In recent years, following conflicts ignited over university research on patenting kalo (Hāloa, Colocasia esculenta), wave restoration activities around...
As an introduction to the special issue on “Biocultural Restoration in Hawai‘i,” this manuscript provides background for term ‘biocultural restoration,’ and contextualizes it within realms of scholarship conservation. It explores two key themes related topic. First, “Earth as Island, Island Earth,” scales up island-borne concept sustainability into a global context. Second, “Hawai‘i Biocultural Leader,” examines reasons behind trend looking most isolated landmass planet solutions issues. We...
Most neglected and underutilized crops were developed utilized within indigenous agroecological cropping systems. While crop suitability must consider the constraints of environment, conditions systems role those should be considered. Such consideration may guide implementation appropriate farming specific to different ecosystems microhabitats. Using Hawaiian archipelago as a model system socioecological dynamics, we distribution their associated explore how changes across climate,...
Winter, K. B., Y. M. Rii, F. A. W. L. Reppun, DeLaforgue Hintzen, R. Alegado, B. Bowen, Bremer, Coffman, J. Deenik, Donahue, Falinski, Frank, E. C. Franklin, N. Kurashima, Kekuewa Lincoln, P. Madin, McManus, Nelson, Okano, Olegario, Pascua, Oleson, Price, Rivera, S. Rodgers, T. Ticktin, Sabine, Smith, Hewett, Kaluhiwa, Cypher, Thomas, J.-A. Leong, Kekuewa, Tanimoto, Kukea-Shultz, Kawelo, Kotubetey, Neilson, Lee, and Toonen. 2020. Collaborative research to inform adaptive comanagement: a...
Humanity faces significant challenges to agriculture and human nutrition, changes in climate are predicted make such greater the future. Neglected underutilized crops may play a role mitigating addressing challenges. Breadfruit is long-lived tree crop that nutritious, carbohydrate-rich staple, which priority this regard. A fuzzy-set modeling approach was applied, refined, validated for breadfruit determine its current future potential productivity. Hawai'i used as model system, with over...
AbstractNitrogen (N) is unique among essential elements required for life, in that it must be fixed from the vast atmospheric reservoir before most organisms can use it. Prior to industrial nitrogen fixation, many agricultural systems were limited their productivity by N. What sustained N ancient Hawaiian dryland (rain-fed) lacked legumes or other known significant inputs? N-fixation during sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) growth and litter decomposition was examined settings representing...
Marshall, K., C. Koseff, A. Roberts, Lindsey, Kagawa-Viviani, N. K. Lincoln, and P. Vitousek. 2017. Restoring people productivity to Puanui: challenges opportunities in the restoration of an intensive rain-fed Hawaiian field system. Ecology Society 22(2):23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09170-220223
Community food security and systems resilience have received much emphasis in the last two decades, at least partially response to mounting challenges pressures on global system. While empirical research shows strong evidence that direct-to-consumer relationships system predominantly serve affluent communities, during COVID-19 pandemic local providers become a necessity through their provision of essential services, such as hunger relief home deliveries for vulnerable populations. In this...
The Hawaiian Islands today are faced with a complex mix of sustainability challenges regarding food systems. After European arrival, there was change dietary customs and decline in traditional agriculture along the cultural mechanisms which sustained them. Recently, has been resurgence for local culture alongside an enthusiasm breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)—a Polynesian staple crop. To investigate role biocultural restoration Hawai‘i, we conducted surveys interviews producers. Overall,...
Kagawa-Viviani, A. K., N. K. Lincoln, S. Quintus, M. P. Lucas, and T. W. Giambelluca. 2018. Spatial patterns of seasonal crop production suggest coordination within across dryland agricultural systems Hawaiʻi Island. Ecology Society 23(3):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10369-230320
Traditional occupations hold important meanings, as they have been passed down from generation to generation. However, many are endangered due shifting practices and standards associated with globalization. The purpose of this study was explore the meaning traditional occupation small grains cultivation in Japan, which has integral farming region for over 2,800 years. Ethnography community-engaged research were used conduct three locations Japan: Karumai Town Towa Iwate Prefecture, Shiiba...