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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Hihi"”.
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The consequences of early- and adult-life nutrition for the colour and conservation of hihi Notiomystis cincta
… nutrition during early- and adult-life for the hihi (Notiomystis cincta), a colourful, sexually dichromatic endangered New Zealand passerine. I begin by investigating the importance of nestling nutritional environment for the expression of colourful plumage in adulthood. By experimentally …
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Foraging for a foothold: Causes and consequences of dietary variation in a threatened avian pollinator
… conservation efforts. In this thesis, I used the hihi (Notiomystis cincta), a threatened New Zealand passerine, as a case study to explore the causes and consequences of dietary variation and possible implications for conservation. Because observing threatened species is often difficult in the …
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Effects of early-life social experiences on learning and conservation in a threatened songbird
… My PhD thesis addresses this gap in juvenile hihi (Notiomystis cincta), a threatened New Zealand passerine. To begin, I tested if juvenile hihi learned to forage using cues differently than adult birds and found that juveniles were less efficient learners and had to compensate by foraging for …
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Arab immigrants in the Canadian labour market : expectations and compromises
Immigrants have always played an important role in the development of Canada. This study analyzes the adjustment problems of Arab immigrants who live in Montreal and have immigrated to Canada in the 1980's and the 1990's. It is an attempt to explore the nature of their economic adaptation. Economic …
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The Effects of Instructor-Avatar Immediacy in Second Life, an Immersive and Interactive 3D Virtual Environment
… viewed the high immediacy machinimas (Group 1 HiHi and Group 2 HiLo) rated the immediacy behaviors of the instructor-avatar more highly than those who viewed the low-immediacy machinimas (Group 3 LoHi and Group 4 LoLo). Findings also demonstrate strong correlations between students' perception …