Monitoring results from a decade of native plant translocations at Makauwahi Cave Reserve, Kaua`i

At Makauwahi Cave Reserve, on the south shore of Kaua`i, translocation decisions have been guided to a unique degree by the richly detailed fossil record of biota of recent centuries, which occurs on the site. To evaluate the efficacy of this strategy, ecological conditions and individual life histories for 3388 translocated native plants of 81 species have been monitored since 2005. Many species were selected on the basis of their prevalence as...