Title

Influence of resource availability on the foraging behavior of traplining hummingbirds in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Alternative Title

Influencia de la disponibilidad de recursos en la conducta de alimentación de los colibríes ermitaños en Monteverde, Costa Rica

Creator

Michelle Levesque

Files

Publication Date

December 2007

Abstract

Traplining hummingbirds have been observed to change their foraging behavior in response to a change in resource availability. Generally, trapliners change to territorial behavior when presented with an economically defendable resource. I investigated the degree to which aggressive behavior increases by observing changes in behavior frequency in response to increased resources. I observed that trapliner species showed an increase in aggressive behavior and a decrease in the total frequency of traplining behavior following the introduction of increased resources. My study also supports that traplining hummingbirds could switch their foraging behavior to territoriality when resources become economically defendable. Se han observado a los colibríes que cambian su conducta de alimentación como respuesta al cambio de la existencia de recursos. En general, los ermitaños cambian su conducta al territorialismo cuando tienen un recurso que vale la pena defender. Yo investigué el aumento de conducta agresiva al observar los cambios en la frecuencia de conducta antes y después de aumentar los recursos.

Keywords

Hummingbirds, Colibries, Monteverde Biological Station (Costa Rica), Estacion Biologica de Monteverde (Costa Rica), CIEE Fall 2007, CIEE Otoño 2007

Description

Student affiliation : Department of Biology, University of Puget Sound Born Digital

Subject: topical

Hummingbirds; Colibries; CIEE Fall 2007; CIEE Otoño 2007

Subject: geographic

Monteverde Biological Station (Costa Rica); Estacion Biologica de Monteverde (Costa Rica)

Genre

Reports

Holding Location

Monteverde Institute MVI

Identifier

M39-00414

Recommended Citation

Levesque, Michelle, "Influence of resource availability on the foraging behavior of traplining hummingbirds in Monteverde, Costa Rica" (2007). Tropical Ecology and Conservation [Monteverde Institute]. 256.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tropical_ecology/256