Role of food depletion by foreign organisms in the historical decline of Hawaiian forest birds

Author:

Banko, Winston E., Banko, Paul C.

Title:

Role of food depletion by foreign organisms in the historical decline of Hawaiian forest birds

Periodical:

Proceedings, First Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Year:

1976

Pages:

p. 29-34

Subject:

Forest birds Endangered species birds Birds ecology Birds food

Summary:

Work on the initial "role" paper dealing with competition as a factor of Hawaiian bird decline started in collaboration with Paul Banko in 1974 and was completed last year. This work details the diets of the endemic avifauna and correlates the histories of alien competitors, many non-avian, which possess overlapping food requirements. In pursuing this line of investigation we discovered that a great variety of dissimilar organisms appear to have significantly depleted food supplies of many endemic birds. Our interpretation of this finding is new.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18260

Collection:

Monographs