Susan Cordell
Director, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics Program
60 Nowelo Street
Hilo, HI 96720-6805
United States
Hilo, HI 96720-6805
United States
Phone
808-854-2628
Current Research
Long-term research: how ecosystem structure, function, dynamics, and composition respond to stressors and change.
Enhancing platforms for research, monitoring and science exchange.
Enhancing platforms for research, monitoring and science exchange.
Restoration Ecology: Restoring ecosystem services in the Anthropocene.
Ecosystem level impacts of invasive species on Hawaiian forest ecosystems.
Biocultural Science and Stewardship.
Research Interest
Ecophysiology, Restoration Ecology, Functional Ecology, Tropical Dry Ecosystems, Grass Invasions, Hawaiian Ecosystems
Future Research
Continue developing research and collaborating with local communities to advance effective conservation, preservation, and restoration-related land management efforts.
Why This Research Is Important
These research themes represent an articulation of future Institute research and our vision to continue developing next generation understanding of landscape change, testing of conservation based tools, facilitating the production of knowledge to improve the ecological condition of native ecosystems of the Pacific, enhance the sustainability of resource use in our region, and maintain the quality of life for those in our Pacific community. Institute Scientists have identified research themes as representing the frontiers of natural resources science and management in Hawai‘i and the US Affiliated Pacific, but also frontiers in tropical ecology and natural resources science broadly.
Education
- University of Hawaii, Ph.D., Botany, 1999
- University of Hawaii, M.S., Botany, 1996
- Santa Barbara, B.A., Aquatic Biology, 1987
Professional Experience
- Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, 2000 - Current
Professional Organizations
- Member, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2012 - Current
- Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2011 - Current
- Member, Ecological Society of America, 2007 - Current
- Officeholder, Organization for Tropical Studies, 2004 - Current
- Member, American Geophysical Union, 2003 - Current
- Member, Society for Ecological Restoration, 2000 - Current
- Member, Botanical Society of America, 1994 - Current
Other Publications
- Dendy, Julian ; Mesubed, Dino ; Colin, Patrick L.; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan ; Holm, Tarita ; Uowolo, Amanda. 2022. Dynamics of anthropogenic wildfire on Babeldaob Island (Palau) as revealed by fire history
- Ford Miniat, Chelcy ; Fraterrigo, Jennifer M.; Brantley, Steven T.; Callaham, Mac A.; Cordell, Susan ; Dukes, Jeffrey S.; Giardina, Christian P.; Jose, Shibu ; Lovett, Gary. 2021. Impacts of Invasive Species on Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Processes in the United States
- Cordell, Susan. 2021. Regional Summaries: Hawaii and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
- Sousa, Daniel ; Fisher, Joshua B.; Galvan, Fernando Romero; Pavlick, Ryan P.; Cordell, Susan ; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Giardina, Christian P.; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Imran‐Narahari, Faith ; Litton, Creighton M.; Lutz, James A.; North, Malcolm P.; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Sack, Lawren ; Phillips, Richard P.. 2021. Tree canopies reflect mycorrhizal composition
- Zhong, Yonglin ; Chu, Chengjin ; Myers, Jonathan A.; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Lutz, James A.; Stillhard, Jonas ; Zhu, Kai ; Thompson, Jill ; Baltzer, Jennifer L.; He, Fangliang ; LaManna, Joseph A.; Davies, Stuart J.; Aderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Burslem, David F.R.P.; Alonso, Alfonso ; Chao, Kuo-Jung ; Wang, Xugao ; Gao, Lianming ; Orwig, David A.; Yin, Xue ; Sui, Xinghua ; Su, Zhiyao ; Abiem, Iveren ; Bissiengou, Pulchérie ; Bourg, Norm ; Butt, Nathalie ; Cao, Min ; Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao ; Chao, Wei-Chun ; Chapman, Hazel ; Chen, Yu-Yun ; Coomes, David A.; Cordell, Susan ; de Oliveira, Alexandre A.; Du, Hu ; Fang, Suqin ; Giardina, Christian P.; Hao, Zhanqing ; Hector, Andrew ; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Janík, David ; Jansen, Patrick A.; Jiang, Mingxi ; Jin, Guangze ; Kenfack, David ; Král, Kamil ; Larson, Andrew J.; Li, Buhang ; Li, Xiankun ; Li, Yide ; Lian, Juyu ; Lin, Luxiang ; Liu, Feng ; Liu, Yankun ; Liu, Yu ; Luan, Fuchen ; Luo, Yahuang ; Ma, Keping ; Malhi, Yadvinder ; McMahon, Sean M.; McShea, William ; Memiaghe, Hervé ; Mi, Xiangcheng ; Morecroft, Mike ; Novotny, Vojtech ; O’Brien, Michael J.; Ouden, Jan den; Parker, Geoffrey G.; Qiao, Xiujuan ; Ren, Haibao ; Reynolds, Glen ; Samonil, Pavel ; Sang, Weiguo ; Shen, Guochun ; Shen, Zhiqiang ; Song, Guo-Zhang Michael; Sun, I-Fang ; Tang, Hui ; Tian, Songyan ; Uowolo, Amanda L.; Uriarte, María ; Wang, Bin ; Wang, Xihua ; Wang, Youshi ; Weiblen, George D.; Wu, Zhihong ; Xi, Nianxun ; Xiang, Wusheng ; Xu, Han ; Xu, Kun ; Ye, Wanhui ; Yu, Mingjian ; Zeng, Fuping ; Zhang, Minhua ; Zhang, Yingming ; Zhu, Li ; Zimmerman, Jess K.. 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide
- Kandert, Susanne ; Kreft, Holger ; DiManno, Nicole ; Uowolo, Amanda ; Cordell, Susan ; Ostertag, Rebecca. 2021. Influence of light and substrate conditions on regeneration of native tree saplings in the Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forest
- Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, Kekuhi ; Sato, Aimee Y.; Giardina, Christian P.; Litton, Creighton M.; Ramavarapu, Smrity ; Hutchins, Leslie ; Wight, Evelyn H.; Clark, Michelle ; Cordell, Susan ; Francisco, Kainana S.; McMillen, Heather ; Pascua, Pua‘ala ; Yogi, Darcy. 2021. Increasing conservation capacity by embracing ritual: kuahu as a portal to the sacred
- Davies, S.J.; Abiem, I.; Abu Salim, K.; Aguilar, S. ; Allen, D.; Alonso, A.; Anderson-Teixeira, K.; Andrade, A.; Arellano, G.; Ashton, P.S.; Baker, P.J.; Baker, M.E.; Baltzer, J.L.; Basset, Y.; Bissiengou, P.; Bohlman, S.; Bourg, N.A.; Brockelman, W.Y.; Bunyavejchewin, S.; Burslem, D.F.R.P.; Cao, M.; Cárdenas, D.; Chang, L.; Chang-Yang, C.; Chao, K.; Chao, W.; Chapman, H.; Chen, Y.; Chisholm, R.A.; Chu, C.; Chuyong, G.; Clay, K.; Comita, L.S.; Condit, R.; Cordell, S.; Dattaraja, H.S.; de Oliveira, A.A.; den Ouden, J.; Detto, M.; Dick, C.; Du, X.; Duque, Á.; Ediriweera, S.; Ellis, E.C.; Obiang, N.L.E.; Esufali, S.; Ewango, C.E.N.; Fernando, E.S.; Filip, J.; Fischer, G.A.; Foster, R.; Giambelluca, T.; Giardina, C. ; Gilbert, G.S.; Gonzalez-Akre, E. ; Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. ; Gunatilleke, C.V.S. ; Hao, Z.; Hau, B.C.H.; He, F.; Ni, H.; Howe, R.W.; Hubbell, S.P.; Huth, A.; Inman-Narahari, F.; Itoh, A.; Janík, D.; Jansen, P.A.; Jiang, M.; Johnson, D.J.; Jones, F.A.; Kanzaki, M.; Kenfack, D.; Kiratiprayoon, S.; Král, K.; Krizel, L.; Lao, S.; Larson, A.J.; Li, Y. ; Li, X.; Litton, C.M.; Liu, Yu ; Liu, S.; Lum, S.K.Y.; Luskin, M.S.; Lutz, J.A.; Luu, H.T.; Ma, K.; Makana, J.; Malhi, Y.; Martin, A.; McCarthy, C.; McMahon, S.M.; McShea, W.J.; Memiaghe, H.; Mi, X.; Mitre, D.; Mohamad, M.; Monks, L.; Muller-Landau, H.C.; Musili, P.M.; Myers, J.A.; Nathalang, A.; Ngo, K.M.; Norden, N.; Novotny, V.; O'Brien, M.J.; Orwig, D.; Ostertag, R.; Papathanassiou, K.; Parker, G.G.; Pérez, R.; Perfecto, I.; Phillips, R.P.; Pongpattananurak, N.; Pretzsch, H.; Ren, H.; Reynolds, G.; Rodriguez, L.J.; Russo, S.E.; Sack, L.; Sang, W.; Shue, J.; Singh, A.; Song, G.M.; Sukumar, R.; Sun, I.; Suresh, H.S.; Swenson, N.G.; Tan, S.; Thomas, S.C.; Thomas, D.; Thompson, J.; Turner, B.L.; Uowolo, A.; Uriarte, M.; Valencia, R.; Vandermeer, J.; Vicentini, A.; Visser, M.; Vrska, T.; Wang, X.; Wang, X.; Weiblen, G.D.; Whitfeld, T.J.S.; Wolf, A.; Wright, S.J.. 2021. ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
- Pau, Stephanie ; Cordell, Susan ; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Inman, Faith ; Sack, Lawren. 2020. Climatic sensitivity of species’ vegetative and reproductive phenology in a Hawaiian montane wet forest
- Ostertag, Rebecca ; Sebastián-González, Esther ; Peck, Robert ; Hall, Trebor ; Kim, Jihoo ; DiManno, Nicole ; Rayome, Donald ; Cordell, Susan ; Banko, Paul ; Uowolo, Amanda. 2020. Linking plant and animal functional diversity with an experimental community restoration in a Hawaiian lowland wet forest
- Rayome, Donald ; DiManno, Nicole ; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Cordell, Susan ; Fung, Bryson ; Vizzone, Anthony ; Pante, Pauleen ; Tate, Reuben. 2019. Restoring Ecosystem Services Tool (REST): a program for selecting species for restoration projects using a functional-trait approach
- Menge, Duncan N. L.; Chisholm, Ryan A.; Davies, Stuart J.; Abu Salim, Kamariah ; Allen, David ; Alvarez, Mauricio ; Bourg, Norm ; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ; Butt, Nathalie ; Cao, Min ; Chanthorn, Wirong ; Chao, Wei‐Chun ; Clay, Keith ; Condit, Richard ; Cordell, Susan ; Silva, João Batista; Dattaraja, H. S.; Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin; Oliveira, Alexandre A.; den Ouden, Jan ; Drescher, Michael ; Fletcher, Christine ; Giardina, Christian P.; Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V; Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal; Hau, Billy C. H.; He, Fangliang ; Howe, Robert ; Hsieh, Chang‐Fu ; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Inman‐Narahari, Faith M.; Jansen, Patrick A.; Johnson, Daniel J.; Kong, Lee Sing; Král, Kamil ; Ku, Chen‐Chia ; Lai, Jiangshan ; Larson, Andrew J.; Li, Xiankun ; Li, Yide ; Lin, Luxiang ; Lin, YiChing ; Liu, Shirong ; Lum, Shawn K. Y.; Lutz, James A.; Ma, Keping ; Malhi, Yadvinder ; McMahon, Sean ; McShea, William ; Mi, Xiangcheng ; Morecroft, Michael ; Myers, Jonathan A.; Nathalang, Anuttara ; Novotny, Vojtech ; Ong, Perry ; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Parker, Geoffrey ; Phillips, Richard P.; Abd. Rahman, Kassim ; Sack, Lawren ; Sang, Weiguo ; Shen, Guochun ; Shringi, Ankur ; Shue, Jessica ; Su, Sheng‐Hsin ; Sukumar, Raman ; Sun, I‐Fang ; Suresh, H. S.; Tan, Sylvester ; Thomas, Sean C.; Toko, Pagi S.; Valencia, Renato ; Vallejo, Martha I; Vicentini, Alberto ; Vrška, Tomáš ; Wang, Bin ; Wang, Xihua ; Weiblen, George D.; Wolf, Amy ; Xu, Han ; Yap, Sandra ; Zhu, Li ; Fung, Tak. 2019. Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America
- Trauernicht, Parker C.; Pickett, Elizabeth A.; Beimler, Pablo ; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan ; Friday, James B.; Moller, Eric ; Litton, Creighton M.. 2018. Assessing fire management needs in the Pacific Islands: a collaborative approach
- Ibanez, Thomas ; Keppel, Gunnar ; Baider, Cláudia ; Birkinshaw, Chris ; Culmsee, Heike ; Cordell, Susan ; Florens, F. B. Vincent; Franklin, Janet ; Giardina, Christian P.; Gillespie, Thomas W.; Laidlaw, Melinda ; Litton, Creighton M.; Martin, Tara G.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy ; Randrianaivo, Richard ; Randrianjanahary, Miramasoandro ; Rajkumar, Muthu ; Rasingam, Ladan ; Ratovoson, Fidy ; Reza, Ludovic ; Sack, Lawren ; Aiba, Shin-ichiro ; Webb, Edward ; Whitfeld, Timothy J. S.; Zang, Runguo ; Birnbaum, Philippe. 2018. Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands
- Rayome, Donald D.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Cordell, Susan. 2018. Enhancing aboveground carbon storage and invasion resistance through restoration: early esults from a functional trait-based experiment
- Questad, Erin J.; Uowolo, Amanda ; Brooks, Sam ; Fitch, Robert ; Cordell, Susan. 2018. Resource availability, propagule supply, and effect of nonnative ungulate herbivores on <em>Senecio madagascariensis</em> invasion
- Craven, Dylan ; Knight, Tiffany ; Barton, Kasey ; Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia ; Cordell, Susan ; Giardina, Christian ; Gillespie, Thomas ; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Sack, Lawren ; Chase, Jonathan. 2018. OpenNahele: the open Hawaiian forest plot database
- Medeiros, Camila D.; Scoffoni, Christine ; John, Grace P.; Bartlett, Megan K.; Inman-Narahari, Faith ; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Cordell, Susan ; Giardina, Christian ; Sack, Lawren. 2018. An extensive suite of functional traits distinguishes Hawaiian wet and dry forests and enables prediction of species vital rates
- Johnson, Daniel J.; Needham, Jessica ; Xu, Chonggang ; Massoud, Elias C.; Davies, Stuart J.; Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ; Chambers, Jeffery Q.; Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao ; Chiang, Jyh-Min ; Chuyong, George B.; Condit, Richard ; Cordell, Susan ; Fletcher, Christine ; Giardina, Christian P.; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Gunatilleke, Nimal ; Gunatilleke, Savitri ; Hsieh, Chang-Fu ; Hubbell, Stephen ; Inman-Narahari, Faith ; Kassim, Abdul Rahman; Katabuchi, Masatoshi ; Kenfack, David ; Litton, Creighton M.; Lum, Shawn ; Mohamad, Mohizah ; Nasardin, Musalmah ; Ong, Perry S.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Sack, Lawren ; Swenson, Nathan G.; Sun, I Fang; Tan, Sylvester ; Thomas, Duncan W.; Thompson, Jill ; Umaña, Maria Natalia; Uriarte, Maria ; Valencia, Renato ; Yap, Sandra ; Zimmerman, Jess ; McDowell, Nate G.; McMahon, Sean M.. 2018. Climate sensitive size-dependent survival in tropical trees
- LaManna, Joseph A.; Mangan, Scott A.; Alonso, Alfonso ; Bourg, Norman A.; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ; Chang, Li-Wan ; Chiang, Jyh-Min ; Chuyong, George B.; Clay, Keith ; Cordell, Susan ; Davies, Stuart J.; Furniss, Tucker J.; Giardina, Christian P.; Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal; Gunatilleke, C. V Savitri; He, Fangliang ; Howe, Robert W.; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Hsieh, Chang-Fu ; Inman-Narahari, Faith M.; Janík, David ; Johnson, Daniel J.; Kenfack, David ; Korte, Lisa ; Král, Kamil ; Larson, Andrew J.; Lutz, James A.; McMahon, Sean M.; McShea, William J.; Memiaghe, Hervé R.; Nathalang, Anuttara ; Novotny, Vojtech ; Ong, Perry S.; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Parker, Geoffrey G.; Phillips, Richard P.; Sack, Lawren ; Sun, I-Fang ; Tello, J. Sebastián; Thomas, Duncan W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Vela Díaz, Dilys M.; Vrška, Tomáš ; Weiblen, George D.; Wolf, Amy ; Yap, Sandra ; Myers, Jonathan A.. 2018. Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”
- Lutz, James A.; Furniss, Tucker J.; Johnson, Daniel J.; Davies, Stuart J.; Allen, David ; Alonso, Alfonso ; Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Andrade, Ana ; Baltzer, Jennifer ; Becker, Kendall M. L.; Blomdahl, Erika M.; Bourg, Norman A.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ; Burslem, David F. R. P.; Cansler, C. Alina; Cordell, Susan; Giardina, Christian. 2018. Global importance of large-diameter trees
- Longman, Ryan J.; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Nullet, Michael A.; Frazier, Abby G.; Kodama, Kevin; Crausbay, Shelley D.; Krushelnycky, Paul D.; Cordell, Susan; Clark, Martyn P.; Newman, Andy J.; Arnold, Jeffrey R.. 2018. Compilation of climate data from heterogeneous networks across the Hawaiian Islands
- LaManna, Joseph A.; Mangan, Scott A.; Alonso, Alfonso; Bourg, Norman A.; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Chang, Li-Wan; Chiang, Jyh-Min; Chuyong, George B.; Clay, Keith; Condit, Richard; Cordell, Susan; Davies, Stuart J.; Furniss, Tucker J.; Giardina, Christian P.; Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal; Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri; He, Fangliang; Howe, Robert W.; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Hsieh, Chang-Fu; Inman-Narahari, Faith M.; Janík, David; Johnson, Daniel J.; Kenfack, David; Korte, Lisa; Král, Kamil; Larson, Andrew J.; Lutz, James A.; McMahon, Sean M.; McShea, William J.; Memiaghe, Hervé R.; Nathalang, Anuttara; Novotny, Vojtech; Ong, Perry S.; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca; Parker, Geoffrey G.; Phillips, Richard P.; Sack, Lawren; Sun, I-Fang; Tello, J. Sebastián; Thomas, Duncan W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Vela Díaz, Dilys M.; Vrška, Tomáš; Weiblen, George D.; Wolf, Amy; Yap, Sandra; Myers, Jonathan A.. 2017. Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale
- D'Antonio, Carla M.; Ostertag, Rebecca ; Cordell, Susan ; Yelenik, Stephanie. 2017. Interactions Among Invasive Plants: Lessons from Hawai‘i
- Cordell, Susan; Ostertag, Rebecca; Michaud, Jené; Warman, Laura. 2016. Quandaries of a decade-long restoration experiment trying to reduce invasive species: Beat them, join them, give up, or start over?
- Cordell, Susan; Questad, Erin J.; Asner, Gregory P.; Kinney, Kealoha M.; Thaxton, Jarrod M.; Uowolo, Amanda; Brooks, Sam; Chynoweth, Mark W.. 2016. Remote sensing for restoration planning: how the big picture can inform stakeholders
- Inman-Narahari, Faith; Ostertag, Rebecca; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Sack, Lawren; MacDougall, Andrew. 2016. Density-dependent seedling mortality varies with light availability and species abundance in wet and dry Hawaiian forests
- Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki; Dudley, Bruce D.; Hughes, R. Flint; Vandemark, Joshua; Cordell, Susan; Nullet, Michael A.; Ostertag, Rebecca; Giambelluca, Thomas W.. 2016. Non-native tree in a dry coastal area in Hawai'i has high transpiration but restricts water use despite phreatophytic trait
- Chynoweth, Mark W.; Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Litton, Creighton M.; Hess, Steven C.; Kellner, James R.; Cordell, Susan; Kumar, Lalit. 2015. Home range use and movement patterns of non-native feral goats in a tropical island montane dry landscape
- Dendy, Julian; Cordell, Susan; Giardina, Christian P.; Hwang, Bernice; Polloi, Edwin; Rengulbai, Kashgar. 2015. The role of remnant forest patches for habitat restoration in degraded areas of Palau
- Friday, James B.; Cordell, Susan; Giardina, Christian P.; Inman-Narahari, Faith; Koch, Nicholas; Leary, James J. K.; Litton, Creighton M.; Trauernicht, Clay. 2015. Future directions for forest restoration in Hawai'i
- Ostertag, Rebecca; Warman, Laura; Cordell, Susan; Vitousek, Peter M.. 2015. Using plant functional traits to restore Hawaiian rainforest
- Michaud, Jené; Cordell, Susan; Cole, T. Colleen; Ostertag, Rebecca. 2015. Drought in an invaded Hawaiian lowland wet forest
- Trauernicht, Clay; Pickett, Elizabeth; Giardina, Christian; Litton, Creighton M.; Cordell, Susan; Beavers, Andrew. 2015. The contemporary scale and context of wildfire in Hawai'i
- Kinney, Kealohanuiopuna M.; Asner, Gregory P.; Cordell, Susan; Chadwick, Oliver A.; Heckman, Katherine; Hotchkiss, Sara; Jeraj, Marjeta; Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty; Knapp, David E.. 2015. Primary succession on a Hawaiian dryland chronosequence
- Questad, E.; Kellner, J.R.; Kinney, K.; Cordell, S.; Asner, G.P.; Thaxton, J.; Diep, J.; Uowolo, A.; Brooks, S.; Inman-Narahari, N.; Evans, S.; Tucker, B.. 2014. Mapping habitat suitability for at-risk plants and its implications for restoration and reintroduction
- Schulten, Jodie R.; Cole, T. Colleen; Cordell, Susan; Publico, Keiko M.; Ostertag, Rebecca; Enoka, Jaime E.; Michaud, Jené D.. 2014. Persistence of Native Trees in an Invaded Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forest: Experimental Evaluation of Light and Water Constraints
- Broadbent, Eben N.; Zambrano, Angélica M. Almeyda; Asner, Gregory P.; Field, Christopher B.; Rosenheim, Brad E.; Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty; Knapp, David E.; Burke, David; Giardina, Christian; Cordell, Susan. 2014. Linking rainforest ecophysiology and microclimate through fusion of airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery
- Ostertag, R.; Inman-Narahari, F.; Cordell, S.; Giardina, C.P.; Sack, L.. 2014. Forest structure in low diversity tropical forests: a study of Hawaiian wet and dry forests
- Pierce, Andrew D.; McDaniel, Sierra; Wasser, Mark; Ainsworth, Alison; Litton, Creighton M.; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Ohlemuller, Ralf. 2014. Using a prescribed fire to test custom and standard fuel models for fire behaviour prediction in a non-native, grass-invaded tropical dry shrubland
- Inman-Narahari, Faith; Ostertag, Rebecca; Asner, Gregory P.; Cordell, Susan; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Sack, Lawren. 2014. Trade-offs in seedling growth and survival within and across tropical forest microhabitats
- Cavaleri, M.A.; Ostertag, R.; Cordell, S.; and Sack, L.. 2014. <p>Native trees show conservative water use relative to invasive: results from a removal experiment in a Hawaiian wet forest</p>
- Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Davies, Stuart J.; Bennett, Amy C.; Gonzalez-Akre, Erika B.; Muller-Landau, Helene C.; Joseph Wright, S.; Abu Salim, Kamariah; Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M.; Alonso, Alfonso; Baltzer, Jennifer L.; Basset, Yves; Bourg, Norman A.; Broadbent, Eben N.; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Burslem, David F. R. P.; Butt, Nathalie; Cao, Min; Cardenas, Dairon; Chuyong, George B.; Clay, Keith; Cordell, Susan; Dattaraja, Handanakere S.; Deng, Xiaobao; Detto, Matteo; Du, Xiaojun; Duque, Alvaro; Erikson, David L.; Ewango, Corneille E.N.; Fischer, Gunter A.; Fletcher, Christine; Foster, Robin B.; Giardina, Christian P.; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Gunatilleke, Nimal; Gunatilleke, Savitri; Hao, Zhanqing; Hargrove, William W.; Hart, Terese B.; Hau, Billy C.H.; He, Fangliang; Hoffman, Forrest M.; Howe, Robert W.; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Inman-Narahari, Faith M.; Jansen, Patrick A.; Jiang, Mingxi; Johnson, Daniel J.; Kanzaki, Mamoru; Kassim, Abdul Rahman; Kenfack, David; Kibet, Staline; Kinnaird, Margaret F.; Korte, Lisa; Kral, Kamil; Kumar, Jitendra; Larson, Andrew J.; Li, Yide; Li, Xiankun; Liu, Shirong; Lum, Shawn K.Y.; Lutz, James A.; Ma, Keping; Maddalena, Damian M.; Makana, Jean-Remy; Malhi, Yadvinder; Marthews, Toby; Mat Serudin, Rafizah; McMahon, Sean M.; McShea, William J.; Memiaghe, Hervé R.; Mi, Xiangcheng; Mizuno, Takashi; Morecroft, Michael; Myers, Jonathan A.; Novotny, Vojtech; de Oliveira, Alexandre A.; Ong, Perry S.; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca; den Ouden, Jan; Parker, Geoffrey G.; Phillips, Richard P.; Sack, Lawren; Sainge, Moses N.; Sang, Weiguo; Sri-ngernyuang, Kriangsak; Sukumar, Raman; Sun, I-Fang; Sungpalee, Witchaphart; Suresh, Hebbalalu Sathyanarayana; Tan, Sylvester; Thomas, Sean C.; Thomas, Duncan W.; Thompson, Jill; Turner, Benjamin L.; Uriarte, Maria; Valencia, Renato; Vallejo, Marta I.; Vicentini, Alberto; Vrška, Tomáš; Wang, Xihua; Wang, Xugao; Weiblen, George; Wolf, Amy; Xu, Han; Yap, Sandra; Zimmerman, Jess. 2014. CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
- Chynoweth, Mark W.; Litton, Creighton M.; Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Hess, Steven C.; Cordell, Susan. 2013. Biology and impacts of Pacific island invasive species: <em>Capra hircus</em>, the feral goat, (Mammalia: Bovidae)
- Cram, Douglas; Cordell, Susan; Friday, James B.; Giardina, Christian; Litton, Creighton M.; Moller, Eric; Pickett, Elizabeth. 2013. Fire and drought in paradise – Say it isn’t so, Smokey
- Inman-Narahari, Faith; Ostertag, Rebecca; Cordell, Susan; Giardian, Christian P.; Kehauwealani, Nelson-Kaula; Sack, Lawren. 2013. Seedling recruitment factors in low-diversity Hawaiian wet forest: towards global comparisons among tropical forests
- Kellner, James R.; Asner, Gregory P.; Cordell, Susan; Thaxton, Jarrod M.; Kinney, Kealoha M.; Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty; Knapp, David E.; Questad, Erin F.; Ambagis, Stephen. 2012. Historical land-cover classification for conservation and management in Hawaiian subalpine drylands
- Cordell, Susan. 2012. Former Hawaii Restoration Ecologist Now Favors 'Tinkering' Over Rigor. Review of Cabin, Robert J. 2011. Intelligent tinkering: bridging the gap between science and practice.
- Thaxton, Jared M.; Cordell, Susan; Cabin, Robert J.; Sandquist, Darren R.. 2012. Non-native grass removal and shade increase soil moisture and seedling performance during Hawaiian dry forest restoration
- Questad, Erin J.; Thaxton, Jarrod M.; Cordell, Susan. 2012. Patterns and consequences of re-invasion into a Hawaiian dry forest restoration
- Kellner, James R.; Asner, Gregory P.; Kinney, Kealoha M.; Loarie, Scott R.; Knapp, David E.; Kennedy-Bowdoin, Ty; Questad, Erin J.; Cordell, Susan; Thaxton, Jarrod M.. 2011. Remote analysis of biological invasion and the impact of enemy release
- Adkins, Edith N.; Cordell, Susan; Drake, Donald R.. 2011. Role of fire in the germination ecology of fountain grass (<em>Pennisetum setaceum</em>), an invasive African bunchgrass in Hawaii
- Agoncillo, Oliver; Conje, Jennifer; Cordell, Susan; Halperin, James; Karia, Roopa; Lebow, Beth. 2011. Sustainable Landscapes Assessment for the Philippines
- Holl, K. D.; Zahawi, R. A.; Cole, R. J.; Ostertag, R.; Cordell, S.. 2010. Planting seedlings in tree islands versus plantations as a large-scale tropical forest restoration strategy
- Chynoweth, Mark; Litton, Creighton M.; Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Cordell, Susan. 2010. Feral goats in the Hawaiian Islands: understanding the behavioral ecology of nonnative ungulates with GPS and remote sensing technology
- Inman-Narahari, Faith; Giardina, Christian; Ostertag, Rebecca; Cordell, Susan; Sack, Lawren. 2010. Digital data collection in forest dynamics plots
- Thaxton, Jarrod M.; Cole, T. Colleen; Cordell, Susan; Cabin, Robert J.; Sandquist, Darren R.; Litton, Creighton M.. 2010. Native species regeneration following ungulate exclusion and nonnative grass removal in a remnant Hawaiian dry forest
- Brooks, S.; Cordell, S.; Perry, L.. 2009. Broadcast seeding as a potential tool to reestablish native species in degraded dry forest ecosystems in Hawaii
- Ostertag, R.; Cordell, S.; Michaud, J.; Cole, T.C.; Schulten, J.R.; Publico, K.M.; Enoka, J.H.. 2009. Ecosystem and restoration consequences of invasive woody species removal in Hawaiian lowland wet forest
- Cordell, S.; Ostertag, R.; Rowe, B.; Sweinhart, L.; Vasquez-Radonic, L.; Michaud, J.; Cole, T.C.; Schulten, J.R.. 2009. Evaluating barriers to native seedling establishment in an invaded Hawaiian lowland wet forest
- Kling, Jim; Featured: Denslow, Julie; Johnson, Tracy; Cordell, Susan. 2008. Repelling invaders: Hawaiian foresters use ecology to counter invasive species
- Cordell, Susan; McClellan, Moana; Yarber Carter, Yvonne; Hadway, Lisa J.. 2008. Towards restoration of Hawaiian tropical dry forests: the Kaupulehu outplanting programme
- Cordell, Susan; Sandquist, D. R.. 2008. The impact of an invasive African bunchgrass (<em>Pennisetum setaceum</em>) on water availability and productivity of canopy trees within a tropical dry forest in Hawaii
- Ostertag, Rebecca ; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan. 2008. Understory colonization of <em>Eucalyptus</em> plantations in Hawaii in relation to light and nutrient levels
- Giardina, Christian P.; Litton, Creighton M.; Thaxton, Jarrod M.; Cordell, Susan; Hadway, Lisa J.; Sandquist, Darren R.. 2007. Science driven restoration: A candle in a demon haunted world—response to cabin
Research Highlights
Breaking the Grass-Fire Cycle in Dryland Ecosystems in Hawai'i
Year: 2012
Scientists develop practical tools to manage and restore tropical dry forest landscapes on military lands in the Pacific
Pacific Fire Exchange Is the Hottest Partnership in the Pacific
Year: 2012
A new collaboration promotes and uses the best available science to reduce wildfire management costs and improve land managers' ability to protect people and natural resources
Greenstrips in Hawaii protect high value ecosystems from fire
Year: 2017
The purpose of the greenstrip study was to test a tool that has been used in parts of the arid continental U.S. to protect high value ecosystems from fire. Forest Service researchers wanted to identify species for restoration that would not only reduce the incidence of invasive grasses and, subseque...
Hawaii Vegetation Fire Risk Web Tool
Year: 2011
Fires in Hawai'i are fueled mainly by invasive, perennial grasses, since they maintain aboveground live and senescent biomass throughout the year. A fire fuel index for the Island of Hawai'i has been developed using NASA Terra satellite data of vegetation cover.