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Acalolepta aesthetica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a beetle species whose larvae develop within branches and stems of host plants and can harm or kill host trees. Since this species was detected on the Island of Hawai'i in 2009, it has been documented to have a wide host breadth but its host preferences and its potential to use native plant species as hosts have not been formally...

This data release includes tabular summaries of specific conductance, temperature, and altitude (depth; CTD) and plots of specific conductance versus altitude at selected groundwater monitoring wells during July 2018–July 2024. The tabular summaries were developed using data retrieved from GeoLog Locator, an online database for quality-assured borehole geophysical data and accessible at...

This data release includes metadata and tabular data that documents the response of ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae, Xyleborini) following the intentional inoculation of healthy ohia to Ceratocystis lukuohia, one of two fungal pathogens that causes Rapid Ohia Death (ROD). Ohia were inoculated with the ROD pathogen at three sites differing in elevation...

This data release included data and metadata documenting morphological measurements and sex of Brown Treesnakes (Boiga irregularis; BTS) in 18 sites spanning six habitat types in Guam collected between 2010 and 2012 including measurements of relevant reproductive structures.

This data release includes data and metadata documenting the removal of eggs from wild palila (Loxioides bailleui) nests to stimulate wild renesting while hatching the harvested eggs and rearing the chicks in captivity for later release to the wild. Some eggs were not harvested and were monitored in the wild for hatching and resulting progeny. The data provides details related to the...

Felling and tarping is a common management strategy for ʻōhiʻa lehua trees (Metrosideros polymorpha) infected with rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD) caused by Ceratocystis lukuohia and Ceratocystis huliohia fungal pathogens and spread via ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). In order to understand how tarping may decrease fungal viability or the spread of viable beetle frass, this study...

This data release includes data and metadata documenting 1) ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) species caught in multi-panel traps within ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) dominated forests in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park as well as results from culturing Ceratocystis lukuohia or Ceratocystis huliohia, the fungi that cause rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD), from these traps, 2)...

In this experiment at Waiākea Forest Reserve, we tested the efficacy of the semiochemical repellent, verbenone, in commercial SPLAT® Verb formulation, at protecting healthy and rapid ʻōhiʻa death-Ceratocystis infested ʻōhiʻa from ambrosia beetle colonization in the 2022 and 2023 field seasons. Data files include 1) raw beetle counts, 2) individual tree information, and 3) verbenone mean...

This data publication contains information collected as part of a field and laboratory effort to determine prevalence of avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) and pox-like lesions (Avipoxvirus spp.) in native and non-native forest birds on the northern, high elevation (>1500 m) slopes of Haleakala volcano on Maui during the last decade of the 20th century. Forest bird banding data and...

This data publication contains information collected as part of a field, laboratory, and modeling effort aimed at uncovering ecological drivers of avian malaria transmission and impacts on Hawaiian honeycreepers across an altitudinal gradient on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes. Forest bird banding data and blood samples for diagnosis of Plasmodium relictum, the agent...

This USGS data release consists of five data sets and accompanying metadata for an experimental mark-release-recapture (MMR) study of adult Culex quinquefasciatus conducted in a montane rainforest in Upper Waiākea Forest Reserve on the Island of Hawai'i from October-December 2020 and laboratory survivorship studies and analysis from 2021- 2024. Culex quinquefasciatus is the vector of the...

This data release contains a comma-delimited file of 71 well measuring-point altitudes for monitored wells in the Hālawa area, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. The measuring-point altitude of a monitoring well is needed to determine the groundwater level in the well relative to a datum such as local mean sea level. A well measuring point is typically located at the top of the well casing. By surveying...