| po'ouli landscape bioinformatics models predict energetics, behavior, diets, and distribution on maui. | this study uses a spatially explicit microclimate/biophysical approach to examine the potential distribution of the po'ouli on maui to find either new habitats to search for existence or refine search efforts in previously occupied areas. we used specific physiological and behavioral ecology bird data, and po'ouli morphological and spectral data obtained from museum specimens to address ecological and conservation-related questions about the po'ouli that are otherwise very difficult to quantify. ... | 2006 | 21672814 |
| nonconformance of standard metabolic rate with body mass in hawaiian honeycreepers. | among four species of hawaiian honeycreepers, three from hawaii (vestiaria coccinea, 15.0 g; himatione sanguinea, 12.9 g; loxops virens, 10.7 g) and one from kauai (loxops parva, 7.9 g), standard metabolic rate (in ml o2/g·h) was positively related to body mass, the opposite of that predicted by conventional endothermic allometry. smr of v. coccinea conformed to the predicted value, but in the remaining species was progressively reduced below expected levels as body mass decreased. all four spec ... | 1981 | 28309993 |