Bioenergetics of Hawaiian Honeycreepers: the amakihi (Loxops virens) and the anianiau (L. parva)
- Author:
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MacMillen, Richard E.
- Title:
- Bioenergetics of Hawaiian Honeycreepers: the amakihi (Loxops virens) and the anianiau (L. parva)
- Periodical:
- Condor
- Year:
- 1974
- Volume:
- 76
- Pages:
- 62-69
- Subject:
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Amakihi
Hawaiian honeycreepers
Oxygen
Temperature measurements
- Summary:
- Insular biotas have been very important in the formulation of evolutionary thought and theory and since Charles Darwin's description of Galapagos Finches, (following his visit to the Galapagos Islands), insular land birds have played a very prominent role in evolutionary biology that has been largely based on detailed morphological and taxonomic analyses. However, in spite of this, very little attention has been paid to the assessments of the functional attributes of terrestrial birds that inhabit oceanic islands. As a result, this study undertakes to examine certain bioenergetic characteristics of two congeneric species of birds that are endemic to Hawaii from the family of the Hawaiian Honeycreepers -- the Amakihi (Loxops virens) and the Anianiau (L. parva). Measurements of oxygen consumption, thermoregulation, and evaporative water loss were made in order to provide data to reveal magnitudes of physiological divergence or conformance in comparison with continental passerines.
- Label:
- Birds - General
- URL:
- https://sora.unm.edu/node/102343
- Collection:
- Periodicals