Cornell: Postdoctoral Fellow Works to Save Endangered Hawaiian Birds From Mosquito Menace
October 06, 2021
October 06, 2021
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 6 (TNSRes) -- Cornell University issued the following news:
As the climate warms, disease-transmitting mosquitoes are invading the last strongholds for native birds in Hawaii's upper elevation forests, which were once too cool for mosquito or malaria development. On the island of Kaua'i, six native bird species recently experienced collapses coinciding with a sharp increase in mosquitoes and malaria. Moreover, eight of the 23 U.S. species declared of . . .
As the climate warms, disease-transmitting mosquitoes are invading the last strongholds for native birds in Hawaii's upper elevation forests, which were once too cool for mosquito or malaria development. On the island of Kaua'i, six native bird species recently experienced collapses coinciding with a sharp increase in mosquitoes and malaria. Moreover, eight of the 23 U.S. species declared of . . .