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Climate change latest threat to endemic birds

2015-10-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hawaii Tribune Herald: Hawaii Islands endemic bird populations have been pressured for centuries because of disease, habitat loss, predation and loss of prey. Recent work by biologists at the United States Geologic Survey Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center indicates climate change also could threaten the populations as rising temperatures create conditions that allow mosquitoes -- vectors for avian malaria and avian pox -- to thrive at previously inaccessible elevations. The pattern already has been observed...

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