Experimental evidence for evolved tolerance to avian malaria in a wild population of low elevation Hawai'i 'Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-375

  Atkinson, Carter T ^a   Saili, Katerine S ^b,c   Utzurrum, Ruth B ^b,d   Jarvi, Susan I ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Avian malaria; Climate change; Hawai'i 'Amakihi; Honeycreeper; Plasmodium relictum; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; DREPANIDINAE; FOWLPOX VIRUS; HEMIGNATHUS VIRENS; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA, AVIAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HAWAII; MALARIA, AVIAN; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 84900388520     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0899-2     Document Type: Article

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