Breeding Ecology and Management of Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus sandwichensis)
Breeding Ecology and Management of Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus sandwichensis)
| dc.contributor.advisor | Price, Melissa R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, Olivia | |
| dc.contributor.department | Natural Resources and Environmental Management | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-23T23:56:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.degree | M.S. | |
| dc.embargo.liftdate | 2024-02-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10125/104582 | |
| dc.subject | Natural resource management | |
| dc.subject | Zoology | |
| dc.subject | Ecology | |
| dc.subject | breeding ecology | |
| dc.subject | Pueo | |
| dc.subject | raptors | |
| dc.subject | wildlife conservation | |
| dc.subject | wildlife management | |
| dc.title | Breeding Ecology and Management of Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus sandwichensis) | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dcterms.abstract | Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) are an appropriate study species for understanding intraspecific variations in life-history traits in raptors due to their global distribution across continental and island systems at a variety of latitudes. In Hawai‘i, little is known about the ecology of Pueo (Hawaiian Short-eared Owls, A. f. sandwichensis), but populations are thought to be in decline and are state-listed as endangered on O‘ahu. While studies of other Short-eared Owl subspecies serve as a starting point for creating conservation plans for Pueo, initial research has indicated differences in diet, habitat use, and movement ecology of Pueo versus continental Short-eared Owls. Given these differences, further regional studies from Hawai‘i are necessary to ensure management actions adequately address the needs of Pueo. In Chapter 2 of this study, I investigated the breeding ecology of Pueo using a collaborative approach to combine results from targeted nest-searching at two focal study sites on O‘ahu with incidental reports of Pueo nests across the Hawaiian Islands. In Chapter 3 I used these results to draft management recommendations to minimize disturbance to breeding Pueo. At our focal study sites, I found that Pueo select sites with greater vegetation height and density than the surrounding environment for nesting, but that these same vegetation characteristics do not necessarily correlate to increased nest survival. The diet of breeding Pueo was relatively diverse and contained more bird prey when compared to that of North American and European Short-eared Owls. However, diet did not differ significantly among breeding Pueo pairs. Across both focal study sites and incidental observations, Pueo nest initiation spanned November through July, with a peak in February and March. Pueo breeding habitat ranged from non-native dry grasslands at low-elevation to high-elevation native wet forest, showing a marked increase in breeding habitat diversity compared to North American and European Short-eared Owls. Our results establish a basis for informing Pueo conservation in Hawai‘i, including recommendations towards reducing different types of nest disturbance and data to inform spatial and temporal nest buffers. State-wide management actions must account for the expanded breeding season and diversity of breeding habitat types of Pueo. | |
| dcterms.extent | 81 pages | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | University of Hawai'i at Manoa | |
| dcterms.rights | All UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner. | |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
| local.identifier.alturi | http://dissertations.umi.com/hawii:11602 |
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