Effects of emerging infectious diseases on host population genetics: a review

DT McKnight, L Schwarzkopf, RA Alford, DS Bower… - Conservation …, 2017 - Springer
Emerging infectious diseases threaten the survival of many species and populations by
causing large declines and altering life history traits and population demographics …

Mitigating future avian malaria threats to Hawaiian forest birds from climate change

W Liao, CT Atkinson, DA LaPointe, MD Samuel - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Avian malaria, transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in the Hawaiian Islands,
has been a primary contributor to population range limitations, declines, and extinctions for …

Avian malaria in Hawaiian forest birds: infection and population impacts across species and elevations

MD Samuel, BL Woodworth, CT Atkinson, PJ Hart… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife diseases can present significant threats to ecological systems and biological
diversity, as well as domestic animal and human health. However, determining the dynamics …

Genetic structure and evolved malaria resistance in Hawaiian honeycreepers

JT Foster, BL Woodworth, LE Eggert, PJ Hart… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases now threaten wildlife populations worldwide but population recovery
following local extinction has rarely been observed. In such a case, do resistant individuals …

Facilitated adaptation for conservation–Can gene editing save Hawaii's endangered birds from climate driven avian malaria?

MD Samuel, W Liao, CT Atkinson, DA LaPointe - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Avian malaria has played a significant role in causing extinctions, population declines, and
limiting the elevational distribution of Hawaiian honeycreepers. Most threatened and …

Ecosystem and restoration consequences of invasive woody species removal in Hawaiian lowland wet forest

R Ostertag, S Cordell, J Michaud, TC Cole, JR Schulten… - Ecosystems, 2009 - Springer
A removal experiment was used to examine the restoration potential of a lowland wet forest
in Hawaii, a remnant forest type that has been heavily invaded by non-native species and in …

Gene expression reveals immune response strategies of naïve Hawaiian honeycreepers experimentally infected with introduced avian malaria

KL Paxton, L Cassin-Sackett, CT Atkinson… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The unprecedented rise in the number of new and emerging infectious diseases in the last
quarter century poses direct threats to human and wildlife health. The introduction to the …

Imperfect replacement of native species by non‐native species as pollinators of endemic Hawaiian plants

CE Aslan, ES Zavaleta, B Tershy… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Native plant species that have lost their mutualist partners may require non‐native
pollinators or seed dispersers to maintain reproduction. When natives are highly …

The distribution of mosquitoes across an altitudinal gradient in the Galapagos Islands

S Asigau, DA Hartman, JM Higashiguchi… - Journal of Vector …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An avian malaria parasite (genus Plasmodium) has been detected consistently in the
Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) and less frequently in some passerines. We …

Evaluating barriers to native seedling establishment in an invaded Hawaiian lowland wet forest

S Cordell, R Ostertag, B Rowe, L Sweinhart… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
Many tropical island forest ecosystems are dominated by non-native plant species and lack
native species regeneration in the understorey. Comparison of replicated control and …