| Abstract: | The introduction of mosquitoes, avian pox, and avian malaria to the Hawaiian Islands has had a profound effect on the geographical distribution and population number of highly susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers, and likely contributed to the extinction of several species. While the mosquito vector (disease-carrier) is most closely associated with human activity, in remote Hawaiian rain forests, feral pigs may be pivotally important to the disease system. Since 1991, USGS scientists have taken a leadership position in identifying the role these diseases continue to play in the decline and extinction of native Hawaiian forest birds and in finding ways to mitigate their impacts. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 76053 |
| Citation Author: | LaPointe, Dennis A. |
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| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-3029 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawai‘i‘s Native Birds; 2006; FS; 2006-3029; LaPointe, Dennis A. |
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| Text: | Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawai‘i‘s Native Birds; 2006; FS; 2006-3029; LaPointe, Dennis A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2006_3029.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/Fact_Sheets/Pigs_and_mosquitoes.pdf |
| Date Other: | Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00 -0600 |
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