publications

2024

2020 - 2023

DREXLER, J. Z., RAINE, H., JACOBI, J. D., HOUSE, S., LIMA, P., HAASE, W., DIBBEN-YOUNG, A., WOLFE, B. (2023). A prioritization protocol for coastal wetland restoration on Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11:1212206.

TRAVERS, M.S., DRISKILL, S., SCOTT, C., HANNA, K., FLASKA, S.R., BACHE, M., RAINE, AF. (2023). Spatial overlap in powerline collisions and vehicle strikes obscures the primary cause of avian mortality. Journal for Nature Conservation, 75, 1-11.

RAINE, A.F., DRISKILL, S, ROTHE, J., TRAVERS M.S. (2022). Evaluating the breeding phenology of the endangered ‘a‘o (Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli) on Kaua‘i to better focus conservation actions and management decisions. Bird Conservation International, 1–11.

RAINE, A.F. & SPRAGUE, R.S. 2022. Observations of leucistic ‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis) on La ̄na‘i, Hawai‘i. Marine Ornithology 50: 129–131.

TRAVERS, M. S., DRISKILL, S., A. STEMEN, T. GEELHOED, D. GOLDEN, S. KOIKE, A. A. SHIPLEY, H. MOON, T. ANDERSON, M. BACHE, and A. F. RAINE. 2021. Post-collision impacts, crippling bias, and environmental bias in a study of Newell’s Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel powerline collisions. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16(1):15.

RAINE, A.F., VANDERWERF, E., KHALSA, M., ROTHE, J. & S. DRISKILL. 2021. Update on the status of the avifauna of Lehua Islet, Hawaiʻi, including initial response of seabirds to rat eradication. PCSU Technical Report #203. 68pp.

RAINE, A.F., HIRSCHFELD, A., ATTARD, G.M., SCOTT, L., RAMADAN-JARADI, G., SERHAL, A. & S. DRISKILL. The international dimension of illegal bird hunting in Lebanon. Sandgrouse 43:230-240.

RAINE, A.F., GJERDRUM, C., PRATTE, I., MADERIOS, J., FELIS, J.J., &J. ADAMS. 2021. Marine distribution and foraging habitat highlight potential threats at sea for the Endangered Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow. Endangered Species Research. 45:337-356.

RAINE, A.F., ANDERSON, T., VYNNE, M., DRISKILL, S., RAINE, H. & J. ADAMS.  2020.  Post-release survival of fallout Newell’s Shearwater fledglings from a rescue and rehabilitation program on Kauaʻi, Hawai‘i. Endangered Species Research. 43:39-50.

RAINE, A.F., ANDERSON, T., DRISKILL, S., & T. TIPPIN. 2020. Assessing the breeding phenology of the White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus dorotheae on the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, using fledgling fallout data. Marine Ornithology. 48:23-26.

RAINE, A.F., DRISKILL, S., VYNNE, M., HARVEY, D. & K. PIAS. 2020. Managing the Effects of Introduced Predators on Hawaiian Endangered Seabirds. Journal of Wildlife Management. 84(3):425-435.

2019

TAYLOR, R.S., COLTON, M., BEARD, A., BIRT, T., DEANE-COE, P., RAINE, A.F., GONZALEZ-SOLIS, J., LOUGHLEED, S.C. & V.L. FRIESEN. 2019. Cryptic species and independent origins of allochronic populations within a seabird species complex (Hydrobates spp.). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 139: 106552.

RODRÍGUEZ, A., ARCOS, J. M., BRETAGNOLLE, V., DIAS, M. P., HOLMES, N. D., LOUZAO, M., PROVENCHER, J., RAINE, A. F., RAMÍREZ, F., RODRÍGUEZ, B., RONCONI, R. A., TAYLOR, R. S., BONNAUD, E., BORRELLE, S. B., CORTÉS, V., DESCAMPS, S., FRIESEN, V. L., GENOVART, M., HEDD, A., … TRAVERS, M. (2019). Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:94.

RAINE, A.F., VYNNE, M., & S. DRISKILL. 2019. The impact of an introduced avian predator, the Barn Owl Tyto alba, on Hawaiian seabirds. Marine Ornithology. 47:33-38.

MORRA, K.E., CHIKARAISHI, Y., GANDHI, H., JAMES, H.F., ROSSMAN, S., WILEY, A.E., RAINE, A.F., BECK, J. & P.H. OSTROM.  2019.  Trophic declines and decadal-scale foraging segregation in three pelagic seabirds. Oecologia 189(2): 395-406.

HOLMES, N.D., SPATZ, D.R., OPPEL, S., TERSHY, B., CROLL, D.A., KEITT, B., RAINE, A.F. et al. 2019. Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates. PloS one, 14(3).

RAYNER, M.J., BAIRD, K.A., BIRD, J., CRANWELL, S, RAINE AF, MAUL, B., KURI, J., ZHANG, J. and C.P. GASKIN.  2019.  Land and sea-based observations and first satellite tracking results support a New Ireland breeding site for the Critically Endangered Beck’s Petrel Pseudobulweria beckii. Bird Conservation International. 30(1):58-74.

2015 - 2018

RAINE, A. F, VYNNE, M., ANDERSON, T., DRISKILL, S., RAINE, H., ADAMS, J. 2018. Pilot Project: Assessing the Effectiveness of the SOS Rehabilitation Program. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi and Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaiʻi, USA.

TROY, J.R., HOLMES, N.D., VEECH, J.A., RAINE, A. F. & M.C. GREEN. 2017. Habitat suitability modeling for the endangered Hawaiian petrel on Kauaʻi and analysis of predicted habitat overlap with the Newell’s shearwater. Global Ecology and Conservation. 12:131-143.

RODRIGUEZ, A., HOLMES, N.D., RYAN, P.G., WILSON, K.J., FAULQUIER, L., MURILLO, Y., RAINE, A.F. et al.  2017.  Seabird mortality induced by land‐based artificial lights. Conservation Biology. 31(5):986-1001.

RAINE, A.F., HOLMES, N.D., TRAVERS, M., COOPER, B.A. & R.H. Day. 2017. Declining population trends of Hawaiian Petrel and Newell’s Shearwater on the island of Kaua ‘i, Hawaii, USA. The Condor. 119(3):405-415.

RAINE, A.F., McFARLAND, B., BOONE, M., & N. BANFIELD. 2017. An Updated Avifauna of Moku‘ae‘ae Rock Islet, Kaua‘i.  Pacific Science. 71(1): 67-76. 

RAINE, A.F., BOONE, M., McKOWN, M. & N. HOLMES. 2017. The breeding phenology and distribution of the Band-rumped Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro on Kauaʻi and Lehua Islet, Hawaiian Islands. Marine Ornithology, 45:73-82.

KAIN, E.C., LAVERS, J.L., BERG, C.J., RAINE, A.F., & A.L. BOND. 2016. Plastic ingestion by Newell’s (Puffinus newelli) and wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) in Hawaiʻi. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(23): 23951-23958.

RAINE, A.F. & B. McFARLAND.  2015.  Feral Honey Bees cause abandonment of endangered Hawaiian Petrel burrow on Kauaʻi. Elepaio 75(1):1-2.

TROY, J., HOLMES, N.D., VEECH, J.A., RAINE, A.F. & M. GREEN.  2014.  Habitat suitability modeling for the Newell’s Shearwater on Kauaʻi.  Journal of Fish & Wildlife Management 5(2):315-329.

reports

Pacific Birds’ Strategic Plan For Hawai‘i Wetlands 2024 — Archipelago Research and Conservation

RAINE, AF, GREGG, J, DRISKILL, S, RAINE, H. 2023. Assessment of Seabird Restoration Priorities for the U.S. Pacific Islands. Report prepared for the USFWS Migratory Bird Office. 48p.

RAINE, A.F., ROTHE, J., DRISKILL, S. & S. ROSSITER.  2020.  Monitoring of Endangered Seabirds in Upper Limahuli Preserve Annual Report 2019.  Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 67pp. Annual reports 2011-2020.

RAINE, A.F., ROTHE, J., DRISKILL, S. & R. KRASA.  2020.  Monitoring of Endangered Seabirds in Hono O Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve (Part II): Pōhākea.  Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 62pp. Annual reports 2011-2020.

RAINE, A.F., ROTHE, J., DRISKILL, S. & S. ROSSITER.  2020.  Monitoring of Endangered Seabirds on Lānaʻi. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 62pp. Annual reports 2015-2020.

RAINE, A.F., ROTHE, J., DRISKILL, S. & S. ROSSITER.  2020.  Seabird monitoring at Kōkeʻe Air Force Station – 2019 Annual Report. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 10pp. Annual reports 2016-2020.

TRAVERS, M., DRISKILL, S., GEELHOED, T., KOIKE, S., FRALEIGH, D., BECK, J., HIGASHIDE, Y., & RAINE, A. F. (2020). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2019 Season. 54pp.

2020 - 2024

2017- 2019

RAINE, A.F., ROTHE, J. & S. ROSSITER.  2019. Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project 2019 Endangered Seabird Translocation Report. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 25pp. Annual reports 2012-2020.

RAINE, A.F., VYNNE, M., DRISKILL, S. & M. MCKOWN. 2019. Using automated acoustic monitoring devices to estimate population sizes of endangered seabird colonies on Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 27pp.

TRAVERS, M., TINKER, T., GEELHOED, T., DRISKILL, S., & RAINE, A. F. (2019). Power Line Minimization Briefing Document 2019; modeling collision reductions from power line modifications. 50pp.

TRAVERS, M., TINKER, T., GEELHOED, T., DRISKILL, S., ELZINGA, A., BUNKLY, J., NEIL, R., LEQUIER, S., MOON, H., & RAINE, A. F. (2019). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2018 Field Season. 142pp.

TRAVERS, M., STEMEN, A., ELZINGA, A., GEELHOED, T., MOON, H., DRISKILL, S., & RAINE, A. F. (2018). Underline Monitoring Project Report 2017. 53pp.

RAINE, A.F., VYNNE, M., DRISKILL, S., TRAVERS, M., FELIS, J. & J. ADAMS. 2017. Study of daily movement patterns of NESH and HAPE in relation to power line collisions. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 64pp. Annual reports 2015-2017.

TRAVERS, M., STEMEN, A., & RAINE, A. F. (2017). Underline Monitoring Project Predictive Model Briefing Document # 3; Model cross-validation and bias testing the sampling design and sampling execution. 17pp.

TRAVERS, M., GOLDEN, D., STEMEN, A., ELZINGA, A., & RAINE, A. F. (2017). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2016. 95pp.

RAINE,H.J, Reiss, Y.K, Hallman Behnke, J.K. 2017. Kahuamaa Seabird Preserve Management Plan. State of Hawai‘i, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

2012- 2016

TRAVERS, M., BOONE, M., & RAINE, A. F. (2016). Underline Monitoring Project Predictive Model Briefing Document; Presentation of 3 modeling methods of increasing complexity.17pp.

TRAVERS, M., GOLDEN, D., STEMEN, A., & RAINE, A. F. (2016). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2015. 56pp.

TRAVERS, M., STEMEN, A., & RAINE, A. F. (2015). Briefing Document Preliminary Strike Modeling 2014; Understanding the seasonality of strikes and predicting annual strike totals. 16pp.

TRAVERS, M., SHIPLEY, A., HARRIS, M., GOLDEN, D., GALASE, N., & RAINE, A. F. (2015). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2014. 73pp.

RAINE, A.F. & N. BANFIELD.  2014.  Auditory Surveys for Endangered Seabirds on Kaua‘I Annual Report 2014. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 46pp.

TRAVERS, M., SHIPLEY, A., DUSCH, M. & A.F. RAINE. 2014.  Underline Monitoring Project – Annual Report 2013. Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. 94pp.

TRAVERS, M., SHIPLEY, A., DUSCH, M., & RAINE, A. F. (2014). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2013. 91pp.

TRAVERS, M., THEIS, S., & RAINE, D. A. F. (2013). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2012. 94pp.

TRAVERS, M., KAUFFMAN, J., SUNG, B., & RAINE, A. F. (2012). Underline Monitoring Project Annual Report 2011: Repeating the 1993/94 EPRI grounded seabird surveys. 42pp.

books