R. Flint Hughes

Pacific Southwest Research Station — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(33), Forest ecology and management(19), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(13), Fire effects on ecosystems(12), Plant and animal studies(9)

Publications95 total

Ecosystem response to management of an invasive N2-fixing tree in Hawaiʻi
Trees Forests and People·2025Open Access
In Vitro Assays Suggest Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death Fungi Can Colonize <i>Metrosideros polymorpha</i> Fine Roots
PhytoFrontiers™·2025Open Access
Biology and Impacts of Pacific Islands Invasive Species: Falcataria falcata (Miquel) Barneby and Grimes (Fabaceae)
Pacific Science·2024· 2 cited
Vegetation Succession Following Clearcutting of Lowland Hawaiian Rainforest on the Island of Hawai‘i
Pacific Science·2024
How invaded are Hawaiian forests? Non-native understory tree dominance signals potential canopy replacement
Landscape Ecology·2023· 16 cited
Multi-scale remote sensing-based landscape epidemiology of the spread of rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi
Forest Ecology and Management·2023· 5 cited
Large-Scale Environmental Controls Over the Spread of an Invasive Tree Pathogen in HawaiʻI
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Aboveground Carbon Accumulation by Second‐Growth Forests After Deforestation in Hawaii
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Hawai'i's forest resources
2022· 4 cited
Hypotheses and lessons from a native moth outbreak in a low‐diversity, tropical rainforest
Ecosphere·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
Spatial Patterns of ‘Ōhi‘a Mortality Associated with Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death and Ungulate Presence
Forests·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
Global Airborne Observatory: Forest Carbon Stocks of the Hawaiian Islands
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Global Airborne Observatory: Forest Carbon Stocks of the Hawaiian Islands
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
Data_Weingarten_etal_2021
Figshare·2021Open Access
Hydrological effects of tree invasion on a dry coastal Hawaiian ecosystem
Forest Ecology and Management·2019· 12 cited
The evolving threat of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) to Hawai‘i’s native ecosystems and rare plant species
Forest Ecology and Management·2019· 62 cited
Plastic control of leaf water potential and stomatal conductance by a phreatophyte species under extreme water availabilities.
AGUFM·2018
Invasion of Hawaiian rainforests by an introduced amphibian predator and N<sub>2</sub>‐fixing tree increases soil N<sub>2</sub>O emissions
Ecosphere·2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Estimating aboveground carbon density across forest landscapes of Hawaii: Combining FIA plot-derived estimates and airborne LiDAR
Forest Ecology and Management·2018· 21 cited
An Approach for High-Resolution Mapping of Hawaiian Metrosideros Forest Mortality Using Laser-Guided Imaging Spectroscopy
Remote Sensing·2018· 34 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Gregory P. Asner(15), David Knapp(9), Joseph Mascaro(8), Amanda Uowolo(8), J. Boone Kauffman(6), Roberta E. Martin(6), Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin(5), Peter M. Vitousek(5), Rebecca Ostertag(5), Carla M. D’Antonio(4), Stefan A. Schnitzer(4), Lisa M. Keith(4), Julie S. Denslow(3), Dian L. Cummings(3), James B. Friday(3), Susan Cordell(3), Bruce Dudley(3), J. K. Clark(2), James Jacobson(2), R. James Ansley(2)