Hawaii's Forest Birds: Avian Malaria and Mosquito Research

Hawaii's Forest Birds: Avian Malaria and Mosquito Research

Many factors are contributing to the decline in Hawaii’s forest bird populations, loss of habitat, climate change.. invasive species, but none more than disease. Avian Malaria and avian Poxvirus are spread by human introduced Mosquitoes. Historically, mosquitoes did not exist on Hawaii and native bird species never developed resistance to mosquito transmitted diseases. Because of this, mosquitoes have devastated many native bird populations.

Release Date

March 15, 2018

Status

Released

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Hawaii's Forest Birds: Avian Malaria and Mosquito Research

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22min

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