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Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — Ants are not native to Hawaii and are a significant threat to endemic insects which have not evolved in their presence. This resource is a study of the palila, an endangered honeycreeper that inhabits the dry subalpine slopes of Mauna Kea. The ants are a threat because they are potential predators of insects upon which the Palila feed.
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — The geographical isolation of the Hawaiian Islands has resulted in the evolution of a highly endemic biota: approximately 80 percent of Hawaii's plants, 100 percent of its forest birds, and 67 percent of its arthropods are found nowhere else in the world. But human colonization of the Islands has severely impacted native plant and animal More...
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U.S. Geological Survey