Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health

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Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela; Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo
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2015
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Several species of woodpecker drill holes in living trees to feed on flows of sap. We describe sap-holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) on plant species in semi-arid woodlands of northern Argentina, and examine, for the first time, attributes of the plants that may help to explain the configuration and geometry of sap-holes made by a species of woodpecker. Sap-holes vary among plant species, mostly in size and shape, and in their arrangement and location on tree branches. Moreover, patterning of sap-hole are closely similar in structurally similar species, showing foraging decisions of White-fronted Woodpeckers associated with plant structure-types at a supra-specific level. In large trees, sap-holes were small, round and arranged in rows on branches or trunks of large diameter, whereas in smaller Prosopis trees, sap-holes were rectangular and located on branches of small diameter. In other species of tree and shrub sap-holes were large and irregular, and on branches of intermediate diameter. The size of holes was positively correlated with substrate diameter for small and intermediate branches of a given group of species, but was independent of diameter in tree species with holes on the trunk. The switch between sap-consumption strategies related to attributes of trees opens the possibility that White-fronted Woodpeckers drill sap-holes trying to maximise sap-harvesting.
Fil: Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Drilling Behaviour
Melanerpes Cactorum
Sap Feeding
Sap Tree Species
Sap Holes
Semiarid Chaco Forest
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
title Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
spellingShingle Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela
Drilling Behaviour
Melanerpes Cactorum
Sap Feeding
Sap Tree Species
Sap Holes
Semiarid Chaco Forest
title_short Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
title_full Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
title_fullStr Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
title_full_unstemmed Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
title_sort Configuration and geometry of sap holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum): effects of tree structure, sap traits and plant health
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela
Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo
author Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela
author_facet Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela
Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo
author_role author
author2 Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Drilling Behaviour
Melanerpes Cactorum
Sap Feeding
Sap Tree Species
Sap Holes
Semiarid Chaco Forest
topic Drilling Behaviour
Melanerpes Cactorum
Sap Feeding
Sap Tree Species
Sap Holes
Semiarid Chaco Forest
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Several species of woodpecker drill holes in living trees to feed on flows of sap. We describe sap-holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) on plant species in semi-arid woodlands of northern Argentina, and examine, for the first time, attributes of the plants that may help to explain the configuration and geometry of sap-holes made by a species of woodpecker. Sap-holes vary among plant species, mostly in size and shape, and in their arrangement and location on tree branches. Moreover, patterning of sap-hole are closely similar in structurally similar species, showing foraging decisions of White-fronted Woodpeckers associated with plant structure-types at a supra-specific level. In large trees, sap-holes were small, round and arranged in rows on branches or trunks of large diameter, whereas in smaller Prosopis trees, sap-holes were rectangular and located on branches of small diameter. In other species of tree and shrub sap-holes were large and irregular, and on branches of intermediate diameter. The size of holes was positively correlated with substrate diameter for small and intermediate branches of a given group of species, but was independent of diameter in tree species with holes on the trunk. The switch between sap-consumption strategies related to attributes of trees opens the possibility that White-fronted Woodpeckers drill sap-holes trying to maximise sap-harvesting.
Fil: Nuñez Montellano, Maria Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Several species of woodpecker drill holes in living trees to feed on flows of sap. We describe sap-holes drilled by the White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum) on plant species in semi-arid woodlands of northern Argentina, and examine, for the first time, attributes of the plants that may help to explain the configuration and geometry of sap-holes made by a species of woodpecker. Sap-holes vary among plant species, mostly in size and shape, and in their arrangement and location on tree branches. Moreover, patterning of sap-hole are closely similar in structurally similar species, showing foraging decisions of White-fronted Woodpeckers associated with plant structure-types at a supra-specific level. In large trees, sap-holes were small, round and arranged in rows on branches or trunks of large diameter, whereas in smaller Prosopis trees, sap-holes were rectangular and located on branches of small diameter. In other species of tree and shrub sap-holes were large and irregular, and on branches of intermediate diameter. The size of holes was positively correlated with substrate diameter for small and intermediate branches of a given group of species, but was independent of diameter in tree species with holes on the trunk. The switch between sap-consumption strategies related to attributes of trees opens the possibility that White-fronted Woodpeckers drill sap-holes trying to maximise sap-harvesting.
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