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Research and Data Analysis
Pacific Rim Conservation biologists have undertaken numerous research projects over the past 20 years involving a wide range of avian species, including forest birds, seabirds, and wetland birds. Research has focused on a variety of topics, such as ecology, demography, behavior, population genetics, at-sea tracking, and natural history. Specific research projects can be designed to suit client needs and address any ornithological issue.
Current Research Projects
- Pacific Rim Conservation has been contracted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate the Nihoa Millerbird translocation project, which will create a second population of this endangered passerine on Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The millerbird formerly occurred on Laysan but was extirpated in the early 1900s when alien rabbits destroyed all vegetation on the island. The project involves coordinating numerous partners, planning trip logistics, developing translocation protocols and monitoring methods, and eventually moving birds from Nihoa to Laysan, which we hope will occur in fall 2011.
 Investigation of threats to the Oahu Elepaio, including nest predation by alien rats and diseases carried by alien mosquitoes, and evaluation of the efficacy of rodent control programs from 1995-2008.
PDF Report 63.
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 Analysis of mark-recapture data from a population of Laysan Albatross at Kaena Point, Oahu, to examine adult survival, juvenile survival, and recruitment, in order to enhance knowledge about this species’ demography and improve monitoring methods.
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 Satellite and data logging telemetry to track at-sea habitat use and foraging locations of Laysan Albatross, Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Red-tailed Tropicbirds, and Red-footed and Brown Boobies on Oahu and Lehua Islet, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the University of California Santa Cruz, Hawaii Pacific University, and Oregon State University. |
Above - At-Sea Albatross Distribution from tracking Studies. (See also Report #67)
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 Effects of habitat disturbance and mosquito-borne diseases on demography of the Hawaii Elepaio
Report 14, Report 32, Report 60
Measuring plumage color and body size in the Hawaii Elepaio to investigate the environmental causes of morphological variation among bird populations and function of intra-specific plumage variation
Report 17, Report 28
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