Molecular evolution, genetic diversity, and avian malaria in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

Author:

Feldman, Robert A.

Title:

Molecular evolution, genetic diversity, and avian malaria in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

Periodical:

Biology

Year:

1994

Volume:

Ph.D.

Pages:

191

Subject:

Birds conservation Birds Hawaii Avian malaria Drepanididae Hawaiian honeycreepers

Summary:

This dissertation is an interdisciplinary study linking molecular and population genetics to basic problems in island ecology, evolution, and extinction. A PCR-based test for avian malaria was used to estimate prevalence of the disease in Hawaiian honeycreepers.

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9402

Collection:

Monographs