The influence of food supplementation upon the reproductive strategy and movement patterns in the Hawaii amakihi (Loxops virens)

Author:

Van Riper, Charles

Title:

The influence of food supplementation upon the reproductive strategy and movement patterns in the Hawaii amakihi (Loxops virens)

Periodical:

Proceedings of the Conference in Natural Sciences in Hawaii

Year:

1976

Pages:

p. 227

Subject:

Natural history congresses Biology research National parks and reserves congresses Amakihi Loxops virens

Summary:

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of food availability on: 1) territory establishment, shape, and size; 2) nesting success; and 3) post-breeding dispersal in the Hawaii Amakihi (Loxops virens). From 1970 through 1975 birds were color-banded and their territory boundaries recorded in the Puu Laau area on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Birds were color-banded and their territory boundaries recorded in the Puu Laau area on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. It was found that postbreeding dispersal in the amakihi can be suppressed when a continued food supply is made available.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18291

Collection:

Monographs