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