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Will a warmer and wetter future cause extinction of native Hawaiian forest birds?

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Wei Liao, Oliver Elison Timm, Chunxi Zhang, Carter T Atkinson, Dennis Lapointe, and Michael D Samuel, 2015-09, Will a warmer and wetter future cause extinction of native Hawaiian forest birds?: Global Change Biology.

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Abstract (from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13005/abstract): Isolation of the Hawaiian archipelago produced a highly endemic and unique avifauna. Avian malaria ( Plasmodium relictum), an introduced mosquito-borne pathogen, is a primary cause of extinctions and declines of these endemic honeycreepers. Our research assesses how global climate change will affect future malaria risk and native bird populations. We used an epidemiological model to evaluate future bird–mosquito–malaria dynamics in response to alternative climate projections from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. Climate changes during the second half of the century accelerate malaria transmission and cause a dramatic decline in bird abundance. [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Pacific Islands CASC

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citationTypeJournal Article
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