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| TITLE: |
Microclimate and nest-site selection in Micronesian Kingfishers / Dylan D. Kesler, and Susan M. Haig |
| AUTHOR: |
Kesler, Daylan C. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Project Muse, 2005. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
pp. 499-508; 28 cm. |
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From: Pacific Science, 59, no. 4 (2005): 499-508 |
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Abstract: We studied the relationship between microclimate and nes-site selection on the Pohnpei Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus reichenbachii) which excavates nest cavities from mudlike nest structures of arboreal termites (Nasutitermes sp.) or termitaria. Mean daily high temperatures at termitaria were cooler on daily low temperatures were warmer than at random sites in the forest. Results also indicate that termitaria provided insulation from temperature extremes, and that temperatures inside termitaria were within thermoneutral zone of Micronesia Kingfishers more often than those outside. No differences were identified in temperatures at sites where nest termitaria and nonnest termitaria occured or among the insulation properties of used and unused termitaria. These results suggest that although termitaria provide insulation from thermal extremes and metabolically less stressful microclimate...Captive breeding facilities should provide aviaries with daily ambient temperatures ranging from 22.06C to 28.05 C to reduce microclimate-associated metabolic stress and to replicate microclimates used by wild Micronesian Kingfishers. |
| SUBJECT: |
Kingfishers --Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei --Reproduction. |
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Kingfishers --Ecology --Micronesia (Federated States) --Pohnpei. |
| SUBJECT: |
Endangered species --Micronesia (Federated States)--Pohnpei. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Haig, Susan M. |
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