Response of six species of Hawaiian forest birds to a 1991-1992 El Nino drought

Author:: Jacobi, James D., Lindsey, Gerald L., Pratt, Thane K., Reynolds, Michelle H.
Title:: Response of six species of Hawaiian forest birds to a 1991-1992 El Nino drought
Periodical:: Wilson Bulletin
Year:: 1997
Volume:: 109
Pages:: 339-343
Subject:: Birds Hawaii Island Drought El Nino Elepaio Foraging ecology Hawaii Amakihi Japanese White-eye Loxioides bailleui Palila
Summary:: El Nino-Southern Oscillation events (ENSO) are known to effect reproduction and survival of various bird species and other animals and in Hawaii, ENSO generally causes rainfall to diminish. However, even though Hawaii has experienced six major ENSO droughts between 1941 and 1983, few data are available about the effects on Hawaiian bird species, despite the periodic occurrence of ENSO droughts. As a result, this study was conducted on the Island of Hawaii in the dryland mamane (Sophora chrysophylla) naio (Myoporum sandwicense) forest near Puu Laau (19 degrees 50 minutes N, 155 degrees 35 minutes W) on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea. The short-term effect of the 1991-1992 ENSO drought on capture rates, fat scores, and active nests of six resident Hawaiian forest bird species (Hawaii Amakihi, Palila, Elepaio, Japanese White-eye, Red-billed Leiothrix, and House Finch) is given in this report.
Label:: Birds - General
URL:: https://www.proquest.com/docview/198637078?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
Date:: 1997
Collection:: Periodicals