Nest success and parental investment in the Critically Endangered Maui parrotbill Pseudonestor xanthophrys with implications for recovery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Dustin Becker, C ^a   Mounce, Hanna L ^a   Rassmussen, Tonya A ^a,c   Rauch Sasseen, Anna ^a,c   Swinnerton, Kirsty J ^a,d   Leonard, David L ^b  

^a Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Island Conservation Canada ^*  (United States)

^d Island Conservation Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Endangered birds; Maui parrotbill; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BROOD DESERTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INCUBATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VOCALIZATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DREPANIDINAE; PSEUDONESTOR XANTHOPHRYS;

EID: 77952522986     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00278     Document Type: Article

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