Significance of old-growth forests to the Hawaii Akepa
- Author:
- Freed, Leonard A.
- Title:
- Significance of old-growth forests to the Hawaii Akepa
- Periodical:
- Evolution, ecology, conservation, and management of Hawaiian birds : a vanishing avifauna
- Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 173-184
- Subject:
- Hawaii Akepa Acacia koa Loxops coccineus Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Summary:
- During a seven-year study of the bird at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, the author examined the tree size and growth form of the trees there and documented the use of these trees by the bird. Hawaiian Akepa prefers nesting on large and old-growth ohia and koa trees with cavities.
- Collection:
- Monographs