Effects of chronic avian malaria (Plasmodium Relictum) infection on reproductive success of Hawaii amakihi (Hemignathus Virens)

Author:

Kilpatrick, A. Marm, Laplante, Albert A., Atkinson, Carter T., Woodworth, Bethaney L., Lease, Julie K., Reiter, Matthew E., Gross, Kevin

Title:

Effects of chronic avian malaria (Plasmodium Relictum) infection on reproductive success of Hawaii amakihi (Hemignathus Virens)

Periodical:

Auk

Year:

2006

Volume:

123

Pages:

764-774

Subject:

Amakihi Hemignathus virens Avian malaria

Summary:

This document describes the effect that infections caused by chronic avian malaria, (Plasmodium relictum), have had on the reproductive success of the Hawaii Amakihi, (Hemignathus virens), a native Hawaiian honeycreeper that is one of the few native Hawaiian passerines that exists in lowland areas where mosquitoes and malaria are now prevalent. Here, the reproductive performance of individuals with chronic malaria infections with those that are uninfected is compared. This was done in an effort to test the hypothesis that chronic infections would lead to reduced reproductive success.

Label:

Birds - General

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2093/doi/abs/10.1642/0004-8038%282006%29123%5B764%3AEOCAMP%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Date:

July 2006

Collection:

Periodicals