Hawaiian forest bird avian malaria prevalence 2018-2021

Description

Native and introduced forest birds were captured and then released across the Hawaiian Islands to acquire a blood sample for obtaining DNA and test for exposure to avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum). A total of 2,945 samples were collected and analyzed for avian malaria prevalence from 39 species captured at 66 sites from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii islands.

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Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F519WO
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.628c542fd34ef70cdba3b2bb.xml

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  • disease
  • hawaii-island
  • maui
  • biota
  • oahu
  • kauai
  • usgs-628c542fd34ef70cdba3b2bb
  • hawaiian-forest-bird
  • plasmodium-relictum
  • avian-malaria
  • molokai

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