Coexistence and Habitat Preference of Two Honeyeaters and a Sunbird on Lombok, Indonesia

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 351 - 356
• Main Authors: Carstensen, Daniel W., Sweeny, Redmond, Ehlers, Bodil, Olesen, Jens M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.05.2011; Wiley Subscription Services; Wiley
• Subjects: Altitude; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Aves; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Cinnyris jugularis; Coexistence; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Dominance; ecological segregation; Forest ecology; Forest habitats; Forest resources; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Habitat; Habitat preferences; habitats; Hummingbirds; Indonesia; island community; Islands; Lichmera limbata; Lichmera lombokia; Meliphagidae; Nectar; Nectariniidae; Population ecology; Species; Synecology; Trees; Tropical Biology; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Wallacea; Indonesia; Asia; Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Lombok; Nectariniidae; Wallacea; Tropical zone; island community; Lichmera limbata; Habitat selection; Coexistence; Island; Vertebrata; Meliphagidae; Ecological segregation; Lichmera lombokia; Aves; Cinnyris jugularis; Community

On the island of Lombok, Indonesia, three nectarivorous birds partially coexist: the two closely related and very similar Lichmera honeyeaters and a sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis). We investigated how these species segregated ecologically in areas where they coexisted by evaluating foraging visits and...