Arthropod Diversity Estimates for Three Native Subalpine Plant Species on the Maunakea Volcano of Hawaii Island

Author:

Stever, Heather

Title:

Arthropod Diversity Estimates for Three Native Subalpine Plant Species on the Maunakea Volcano of Hawaii Island

Periodical:

Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science

Year:

2016

Volume:

Master of Science

Subject:

Arthropods Mauna Kea volcano insects Subalpine forests Mamane Office of Mauna Kea Management Mauna Kea Forest Reserve

Summary:

The main goals of this study are to (1) broaden scientific knowledge regarding Hawaiian arthropods by conducting a baseline inventory of the arthropod diversity associated with three endemic Hawaiian plant species in Maunakea’s subalpine region: ‘Āweoweo (Chenopodium oahuense), Hinahina (Geranium cuneatum); and Māmane, (Sophora chrysophylla), and to (2) determine how arthropod diversity and community composition varies between these plant species and various arthropod sampling techniques. Additionally, this study is intended to help the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s Office of Maunakea Management (OMKM) fulfill its regulatory need for arthropod inventories, monitoring, and research by demonstrating the use of limited empirical data to develop an alternative, targeted sampling approach that uses species accumulation curves to offset the logistic and taxonomic challenges of arthropod sampling and diversity estimates.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10790/2949

Date:

2016

Collection:

Monographs