Threshold model of feeding territoriality and test with a Hawaiian Honeycreeper
- Author:
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Carpenter, F.L., MacMillen, R.E.
- Title:
- Threshold model of feeding territoriality and test with a Hawaiian Honeycreeper
- Periodical:
- Science
- Year:
- 1976
- Volume:
- 194
- Pages:
- 639-642
- Subject:
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Iiwi
Vestiaria coccinea
Hawaiian honeycreepers
Drepanidinae
Birds habitat
Foraging behavior
Territoriality (zoology)
- Summary:
- In this study, a model was applied to the energetic economics of feeding (non-breeding) territoriality in a nectar-eating passerine bird, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, called the Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea). This model predicts the conditions that determine the presence or absence of feeding territoriality in the species.
- Label:
- Birds - General
- Date:
- 1976
- Collection:
- Periodicals