Crisis for Hawaiian forest birds or time for optimism?

Author:

Kingsford, Richard

Title:

Crisis for Hawaiian forest birds or time for optimism?

Periodical:

Condor

Year:

2010

Volume:

112

Pages:

193-195

Subject:

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Japanese White-eye Forest Birds Hawaii Akepa

Summary:

Despite the fact that Hawaii has the dubious distinction of being one of the globes's worst places for anthropogenic extinctions, which has weighed heavily on birds, two studies seem to have arrived at opposed conclusions. One study demonstrated that there is evidence that good management (increased habitat) is driving long-term increases in populations of forest birds, while another study questioned these assertions and expressed considerable concern over a decline of the Akepa (Loxops coccineus). Two papers that were published in the Volume 112, Number 2 issue of Candor entitled, "Population Trends of Forest Birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, (Camp et al. 2010) and "Misleading Trend Analysis and Decline of Hawaiian Forest Birds (Freed and Cann 2010), discusses both sides of this issue as are discussed in this document.

Label:

Birds - General

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1525/cond.2010.100080

Date:

May 2010

Collection:

Periodicals