Philip T. Patton

Modeling two decades of elevational change in endemic bird densities in Hawaiʻi’s Kaʻū Rainforest

Protected areas are vital to the recovery of endangered species. Of the 24 remaining endemic passerines in Hawaiʻi, 16 species are endangered or critically endangered. Yet protected areas in the archipelago are changing as a result of climate change and biological invasions. For example, the non-native southern house m...