Pollination energetics and foraging strategies in a Metrosideros-honeycreeper association

Author:

Carpenter, F. Lynn, MacMillen, Richard E.

Title:

Pollination energetics and foraging strategies in a Metrosideros-honeycreeper association

Year:

1975

Pages:

16

Subject:

Birds Hawaii Island Drepanididae Fertilization of plants Hawaiian honeycreepers Metrosideros collina Ohia-lehua Trees Hawaii Island

Summary:

Birds, specifically certain nectar-eating species of Drepanididae, are necessary for proper pollination, outcrossing, and high levels of seed set in Metrosideros collina on the island of Hawaii. In different M.collina blooming seasons, nectar abundance changes resulting fluctuation of seed setting rates therefore affecting the nectar-eating birds. A hierarchy of interspecific aggression seems to be aligned among the three honeycreeper species in order of degree of nectar dependency.

URL:

https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/31014

Collection:

Monographs