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Biocomplexity – Bird Food EcologyPIERC Project Leader: Paul Banko, Ph.D. |
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Objectives: Determine arthropod prey in diets of forest birds Determine whether arthropod availability may limit forest bird populations |
| Accomplishments: Sampled diets of generalist birds: Japanese white-eye (alien) & Hawaii amakihi(native) Sampled arthropod availability across environmental gradient Integrated results with demography & disease studies November '05 |
Significance: Generalists forage on wide range of arthropod prey Arthropod availability partially accounts for bird distribution & abundance across an environmental gradient USGS-BRD-PIERC Projects
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