Use of the Exotic Tree Myrica faya by Native and Exotic Birds in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

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dc.contributor.authorWoodward, Sue A.
dc.contributor.authorVitousek, Peter M.
dc.contributor.authorMatson, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Flint
dc.contributor.authorBenvenuto, Kecia
dc.contributor.authorMatson, Pamela A.
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-16T04:00:39Z
dc.date.available2008-04-16T04:00:39Z
dc.date.issued1990-01
dc.description.abstractThe exotic nitrogen-fixing tree Myrica faya is invading Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (HAVO). Observations of avian use of M.faya demonstrated that although four species of native birds visited the trees, they rarely fed on the fruits. Seven species of exotic birds were seen visiting M.faya, and five of these were observed ingesting the fruit. The most frequent visitor and consumer was the Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus). Over one-third of the captured Z. japonicus produced fecal samples containing M. faya seeds, and those seeds were as viable as those picked from M. faya trees and beneath their canopies.
dc.identifier.citationWoodward SA, Vitousek PM, Matson K, Hughes F, Benvenuto K, Matson PA. 1990. Use of the exotic tree Myrica faya by native and exotic birds in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Pac Sci 44(1): 88-93.
dc.identifier.issn0030-8870
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/1245
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.titleUse of the Exotic Tree Myrica faya by Native and Exotic Birds in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
dc.typeArticle
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Pacific Science Volume 44, Number 1, 1990