Incipient extinction of a major population of the Hawaii akepa owing to introduced species
- Author:
- Freed, Leonard A., Cann, Rebecca L., Bodner, Gustav R.
- Title:
- Incipient extinction of a major population of the Hawaii akepa owing to introduced species
- Periodical:
- Evolutionary Ecology Research
- Year:
- 2008
- Volume:
- 10
- Pages:
- 931-965
- Subject:
- Hawaii Akepa Loxops coccineus Zosterops japonicus Japanese White-eye Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Alien species control
- Summary:
- The authors mist netted birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island, from 1987-2006. It was found that the population declines of Hawaii akepa due to food limitation was related to the increase of Japanese white-eye. Therefore, white-eye control is critical in avoiding the extinction of Hawaii akepa.
- Label:
- Birds - Akepa
- Date:
- 2008
- Collection:
- Periodicals