Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Elepaio nest monitoring and black rat mark recapture data 2015-2017
Dates
Publication Date
2018-12-19
Start Date
2015-02-01
End Date
2017-07-31
Citation
Banko, P.C., Jaenecke, K.A., Peck, R.W., and Brinck, K.W., 2018, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Elepaio nest monitoring and black rat mark recapture data 2015-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93TOM58.
Summary
In Hawai‘i and other oceanic islands with few native land mammals, black rats (Rattus rattus) are among the most damaging invasive vertebrate species to native forest bird populations and habitats, due to their arboreal behavior and generalist foraging habitats and habitat use. We evaluated the nesting response of Hawai‘i ‘Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis; Monarchidae), a generalist insectivore, to the removal of black rats using rodenticide in a before-after-control-impact study in high and low, mesic montane habitat recovering from long-term damage from introduced ungulates and weeds. We monitored nesting and rat activity during 2015–2016 before applying diphacinone bait in 2017 to remove rats from two 700 x 700-m treatment plots [...]
Summary
In Hawai‘i and other oceanic islands with few native land mammals, black rats (Rattus rattus) are among the most damaging invasive vertebrate species to native forest bird populations and habitats, due to their arboreal behavior and generalist foraging habitats and habitat use. We evaluated the nesting response of Hawai‘i ‘Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis; Monarchidae), a generalist insectivore, to the removal of black rats using rodenticide in a before-after-control-impact study in high and low, mesic montane habitat recovering from long-term damage from introduced ungulates and weeds. We monitored nesting and rat activity during 2015–2016 before applying diphacinone bait in 2017 to remove rats from two 700 x 700-m treatment plots that were paired with two non-treatment plots. We continued monitoring through July 2017. This data release consists of three tabular datasets including nest monitoring data, rat capture data, and spatial data for all field plots.
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Type: Related Primary Publication
Banko, Paul C., Jaenecke, Kelly A., Peck, Robert W., and Brinck, Kevin W., 2019."Increased nesting success of Hawaii Elepaio in response to the removal of invasive black rats." The Condor: Ornithological Applications, Volume 121, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz003.
Data were collected to estimate elepaio nest success and rat abundance. Please see the associated datasets and metadata records for more complete information.