Hawaiian honeycreeper home range size varies with habitat: implications for native acacia koa forestry

Author:

Pejchar, Liba, Holl, Karen D., Lockwood, Julie L.

Title:

Hawaiian honeycreeper home range size varies with habitat: implications for native acacia koa forestry

Periodical:

Ecological Applications

Year:

2005

Volume:

15

Pages:

1053-1061

Subject:

Acacia koa Akiapolaau Foraging behavior Forests and forestry Habitat conservation Hemignathus munroi Home range Hawaiian honeycreepers Old-growth forest conservation Territoriality (zoology) Reforestation

Summary:

For economic and ecological benefit, one of greatest challenges of conservation biology is the restoring of large areas of degraded land. While plantation forestry is not a substitute for protected areas, establishing timber plantations by using native species is a promising way to reforest landscapes while maintaining economic use of the land. It is also a good compromise between creating habitat while restoring the productive capacity of the landscape. However, due to their uniformity and the fact that timber plantations are likely to be harvested, they are often regarded as poor habitat for native fauna. Still, few studies have investigated whether plantation land can support wildlife. As a result, this study investigates a young Acacia koa plantation and two old-growth forest sites on the island of Hawaii with regard to the habitat use and territoriality of the Akiapolaau (Hemignathus munroi) -- an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper and the rarest forest bird in Hawaii.

Label:

Birds - Akiapolaau

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1890/04-0577

Collection:

Periodicals