Introduced avian diseases, climate change, and the future of Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Author:
- Atkinson, Carter T., LaPointe, Dennis
- Title:
- Introduced avian diseases, climate change, and the future of Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Periodical:
- Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
- Year:
- 2009
- Volume:
- 23
- Pages:
- 53-63
- Subject:
- Avian malaria Birds Hawaii Global warming
- Summary:
- The authors present perspectives on the history and origin of avian malaria and pox in Hawaii; the role of the avian diseases in the decline and extinction of Hawaiian birds; victor abundance and transmission across altitudinal gradients; dynamics of epidemic outbreaks; global warming and its impact on Hawaiian disease ecology; and prospects on intervention.
- Label:
- Birds - General
- URL:
- http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2093/doi/abs/10.1647/2008-059.1
- Date:
- May 2009
- Collection:
- Periodicals