Ecology and breeding biology of the Hawaii elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis bryani)

Author:

Van Riper, Charles III

Title:

Ecology and breeding biology of the Hawaii elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis bryani)

Periodical:

Condor

Year:

1995

Volume:

97

Pages:

512-527

Subject:

Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis bryani Breeding biology Predation Territoriality (zoology)

Summary:

The Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis), is an endemic monarchine flycatcher that is found on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, and Oahu. It is also the second most abundant native forest bird in the dry forest of Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii. However, changes in the annual population sizes remain undocumented. As a result, the purpose of this 11-year study, that took place from 1970 - 1981, was to examine the ecology of the population that occupies Mauna Kea, to describe its breeding biology, to determine the factors that most greatly influence the dynamics of the population, and to compare the information obtained on the C. s. bryani species with that of other subspecies that inhabit the Hawaiian Islands.

Label:

Birds - Elepaio

URL:

https://sora.unm.edu/node/105011

Date:

1995

Collection:

Periodicals