Foraging ecology of the South Australian glossy black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus )
dc.contributor.author | Pepper, John W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Male, T. D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, G. E. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T19:39:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T19:39:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-02 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | PEPPER, J. W.; MALE, T. D.; ROBERTS, G. E. (2000). "Foraging ecology of the South Australian glossy black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus )." Austral Ecology 25(1): 16-24. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72786> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1442-9985 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1442-9993 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72786 | |
dc.description.abstract | The endangered South Australian glossy black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus Mathews 1912) feeds almost exclusively on the seeds of the drooping sheoak ( Allocasuarina verticillata ), and shows marked preferences for individual trees. This field study investigated foraging ecology and tree selection through observations of foraging birds and measurements of trees and seed cones. The cockatoos spent the vast majority of their foraging time (94%) handling seed cones, and handling behaviour was highly stereotyped. Handling time per cone was correlated primarily with cone size, while seed intake rate was correlated primarily with seed mass per cone. The cockatoos fed mostly in trees with signs of previous feeding. They tended initially to sample trees with large seeds, and to stay for long feeding bouts in trees with high ratios of seed-to-cone mass. As a result of these biases, feeding was concentrated in trees with high seed mass per cone. Preferred trees were also larger, with higher ratios of seed-to-cone mass and larger seeds containing more lipid and protein. By feeding from selected trees the cockatoos increased both their seed intake rate and the nutritional quality of the seeds ingested, thereby increasing their energy intake rate by an estimated 28%. They did not discriminate against trees that had re-grown from basal shoots after fires. Insect larvae were present in some seed cones but the cockatoos did not appear to actively seek them. Males foraged 19% more efficiently than females, resulting in greater daily food intake. The characteristics of individual A. verticillata trees that determined the cockatoos' feeding rates were also correlated with their distribution on a regional scale. This suggests that the distribution of this endangered cockatoo depends not only on the presence of food trees, but also on their regionally varying feeding profitability. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 2000 The Ecological Society of Australia Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Allocasuarina Verticillata | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Conservation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Diet | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Feeding Profitability | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Feeding Rate | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Kangaroo Island | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Seeds | en_US |
dc.title | Foraging ecology of the South Australian glossy black-cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus ) | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Zoology, The University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72786/1/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00003.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00003.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Austral Ecology | en_US |
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