Adaptation in the Hawaii akepa to breed and moult during a seasonal food decline
- Author:
- Freed, Leonard A., Fretz, J. Scott, Medeiros, Matthew C.
- Title:
- Adaptation in the Hawaii akepa to breed and moult during a seasonal food decline
- Periodical:
- Evolutionary Ecology Research
- Year:
- 2007
- Volume:
- 9
- Pages:
- 157-167
- Subject:
- Hawaii Akepa Loxops coccineus Birds breeding Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Summary:
- This study documented Hawaii Akepa that breeds almost entirely during a seasonal decline in food and at the same time molts heavily while caring for growing fledglings. Nestling overgrowth (weighing more than adults by storing fat during a time of higher food resources) enables the akepa to breed and molt during a food decline.
- Label:
- Birds - Akepa
- Date:
- 2007
- Collection:
- Periodicals