Several texts will be used for the Field School. Be sure to purchase all of these in advance and bring them to Kaua`i.
Please purchase each text BEFORE coming to the Field School and read as much of it as possible. Almost all of each text will be reviewed during either discussion groups or hands-on field sessions.
The outline of readings to be covered will be distributed at the Field School.
Very little time will be available for reading while at the Field School because of the compressed schedule. It is essential to have read over the materials beforehand in order to understand the presentations and be conversant in the work that will be accomplished each day.
Required texts
- Andrade, C. 2008. Ha`ena: Through the eyes of the ancestors. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Crawley, M.J. (Ed.) 1997. Plant Ecology. 2nd Edition. Wiley and Sons.
- Groom, M.J. G.K. Meffe, C.R. Carroll. 2006. Principles of Conservation Biology. Third Edition. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.
- Juvik, S. & Juvik, J. 1998. Atlas of Hawai`i. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Leopold, A. 1949. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press.
- McGregor, D.P. 2007. Nā Kua`āina: Living Hawaiian Culture. University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu.
- Ziegler, A.C. 2002. Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Additional readings are provided through the course closed access web site. Access to this site is open only to students enrolled for the course. Contact the instructors for further information.
- Beckwith, M. 1951. Translation of The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian creation chant. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Reprinted 2000 by UH Press. http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ku/index.htm
- Brosi, B.J., M.J. Balick, R. Wolkow, R. Lee, M. Kostka, W. Raynor, R. Gallen, A. Raynor, P. Raynor & D.L. Ling. 2007. Cultural Erosion and Biodiversity: Canoe-Making Knoweldge in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Conservation Biology 21:875-879.
- Gagne, W.C. and C.C. Christensen. 1985. Conservation status of native terrestrial invertebrates in Hawaii: in Stone, C.P. and J.M. Scott (eds.), Hawai'i's terrestrial ecosystems: preservation and management. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, pp.105-121.
- Kame`eleihiwa, L. 1992. Traditional Hawaiian Metaphors. Pp. 19-49 in Native Lands and Foreign Desires: Pehea Lae Pono Ai? Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
- National Tropical Botanical Garden, Master Plan for Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Ha`ena, Kaua`i, Hawai`i. 2007.
- Sherman, G.D. 1972. Tropical soils of the Hawaiian islands: in Kay, E.A. (ed.), A natural history of the Hawaiian islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 205-252.
- Tava, R. & M.K. Keale, Sr. 1989. Selected readings from Niihau: The traditions of a Hawaiian island. Mutual Publishing company, Honolulu, Hawai`i.
Optional background texts that may be useful
- Balick, Michael J. and Paul A. Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture: The science of ethnobotany. Scientific American Library. Reprint edition in 2005 by the American Botanical Council, Austin TX.
- Abbott, Isabella Aiona. 1992. La'au Hawai'i: Traditonal Hawaiian uses of plants. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
- Alexiades, M.N. 1996. Editor of Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research: A field manual. The New York Botanical Garden, New York.