Title:

Ecological regions of Hawai'i

Author(s):

Potter, Kevin M.

Publication Year:

2023

How to Cite:

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Potter, Kevin M. 2023. Ecological regions of Hawai'i. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0018

Abstract:

The Hawaiian archipelago encompasses a great deal of variation in several ecological factors, including climate, elevation, and natural communities, and possesses a unique flora with some of the highest levels of endemism in the world. Monitoring assessments that aggregate and summarize data within the archipelago may need to account for ecological variation within the islands that could affect the spatial occurrence of the phenomenon of interest. This delineation of ecological regions within the State of Hawaii is based on the two environmental factors most important for grouping major natural native vegetation zones in the Hawaiian archipelago, moisture regime (based on data collected from 1916 to 1983) and elevation (based on 1983 digital elevation model data). These ecological regions are presented within this data publication in the form of a shapefile and geopackage.

Keywords:

biota; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; elevation; environment; Climate change; Climatology; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Geography; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Landscape ecology; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; tropical islands; forest health; ecoregion; ecological region; elevation; moisture regime; biodiversity; Hawai'i; Hawaii

Related publications:

• Potter, Kevin M. 2020. Chapter 1 - Introduction. p. 5-24. In: Potter, Kevin M. (ed.); Conkling, Barbara L. (ed.). 2020. Forest Health Monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2019. General Technical Report. SRS-250. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-250
• Potter, Kevin M. 2023. Chapter 1: Introduction. p. 5-22. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273-Chap1 In: Potter, Kevin M. (ed.); Conkling, Barbara L. (ed.). 2023. Forest Health Monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2022. General Technical Report. SRS-273. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. [In press]. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273
• Potter, Kevin M.; Paschke, Jeanine L. 2023. Chapter 2: Broad-scale patterns of insect and disease activity across the United States from the National Insect and Disease Survey, 2021. p. 25-53. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273-Chap2 In: Potter, Kevin M. (ed.); Conkling, Barbara L. (ed.). 2023. Forest Health Monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2022. General Technical Report. SRS-273. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. [In press]. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273
• Potter, Kevin M. 2023. Chapter 3: Broad-scale patterns of forest fire occurrence across the United States and the Caribbean Territories, 2021. p. 55-81. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273-Chap3 In: Potter, Kevin M. (ed.); Conkling, Barbara L. (ed.). 2023. Forest Health Monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2022. General Technical Report. SRS-273. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. [In press]. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-273

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