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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Notiomystis cincta"”.
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The consequences of early- and adult-life nutrition for the colour and conservation of hihi Notiomystis cincta
… 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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Effects of early-life social experiences on learning and conservation in a threatened songbird
… 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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Foraging for a foothold: Causes and consequences of dietary variation in a threatened avian pollinator
… 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 wild, I …