The
stated mission of the Biological
Resources Division of the U.S. Geological
Survey is "to work with others to
provide the scientific understanding
and technologies needed to support
the sound management and conservation
of our Nation's biological resources".
In Hawaii, the perceived Mission
is to conduct and facilitate research
to assist conservation of native
ecosystems and species. Loope's
interest is focused on conservation
biology of Haleakala National Park
and the island of Maui, but also
relates to geographical broader
issues such as statewide management
of alien plant problems and strategies
for restoration of endangered plant
species. A special current interest
is to predict invasiveness of non-native
plant species not yet widespread
in Hawaii from their behavior somewhere
else in the world.
Selected
Publications
| Medeiros,
A.C., L.L. Loope, P. Conant,
and S. McElvaney. 1997. Status,
ecology, and management of the
invasive tree Miconia calvescens
DC (Melastomataceae) in the
Hawaiian Islands. Pages 23-35
in Records of the the Hawaii
Biological Survey for 1996,
N.L. Evenhuis and S.E. Miller
(eds.), Bishop Museum Occasional
Papers No. 48. |
| Loope,
L.L., and C.P. Stone. 1996.
Strategies to reduce erosion
of biodiversity by exotic terrestrial
species, p. 261-279. In Biodiversity
in Managed Landscapes: Theory
and Practice, R.C. Szaro and
D.W. Johnston (eds.). Oxford
University Press, New York. |
| Cole,
F.R., L.L. Loope, A.C. Medeiros,
J.A. Raikes, and C.S. Wood.
1995. Conservation implications
of introduced game birds (Phasianus
colchicus and Alectoris chukar)
in high-elevation Hawaiian shrubland.
Conservation Biology 9(2):306-313. |
| Loope,
L.L., and A.C. Medeiros. 1994.
Impacts of biological invasions
on the management and recovery
of rare plants in Haleakala
National Park, Maui, Hawaiian
Islands, p. 143-158. In Restoration
of Endangered Species, M. Bowles
and C.J. Whelan (eds.). Cambridge
University Press. Cambridge,
UK. |
| Medeiros,
A.C., L.L. Loope, T. Flynn,
L. Cuddihy, K.A. Wilson, and
S. Anderson. 1992. The naturalization
of an Australian tree fern (Cyathea
cooperi) in Hawaiian rain forests.
American Fern Journal 82(1):
27-33 |
| Cole,
F.R., A.C. Medeiros, L.L.Loope,
and W.W. Zuehlke. 1992. Effects
of the Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex
humilis) on the arthropod fauna
of high-elevation shrubland,
Haleakala National Park, Maui,
Hawaii. Ecology 7(4): 1313-1322 |
| Loope,
L.L., and D. Mueller-Dombois.
1989. Characteristics of invaded
islands, p. 257-280. In J.A.
Drake, H.A. Mooney, F. di Castri,
R.H. Groves, F.J. Kruger, M.
Rejmanek, and M. Williamson
(eds.), Ecology of Biological
Invasions: a Global Synthesis.
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester,
U.K. |
| Loope,
L.L., O.H. Hamann, and C.P.
Stone. 1988. Comparative conservation
biology of oceanic archipelagoes:
Hawaii and the Galapagos. BioScience
34(4): 272-282 |
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