Correction: Modeling Future Conservation of Hawaiian Honeycreepers by Mosquito Management and Translocation of Disease-Tolerant Amakihi

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Wild gut microbiomes reveal individuals, species, and location as drivers of variation in two critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers by Maria S. Costantini, Matthew C.I. Medeiros, Lisa H. Crampton, Floyd A. Reed

“…In Hawaiʻi, several threats (e.g., avian malaria and habitat loss) have caused widespread population declines of Hawaiian honeycreepers (subfamily: Carduelinae). These threats can have a significant effect on the avian gut microbiome and may even lead to disruption of microbial function. …”
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Designing a mate choice program: Tactics trialed and lessons learned with the critically endangered honeycreeper, 'akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) by Donald P. Alverson, Meghan S. Martin, Christina T. Hebebrand, Alison L. Greggor, Bryce Masuda, Ronald R. Swaisgood

“…We present the first experimental attempt to develop a mate‐choice program for the endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, the 'akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi). …”
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Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum by Francisco C. Ferreira, Elin Videvall, Christa M. Seidl, Nicole E. Wagner, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Robert C. Fleischer, Dina M. Fonseca

“…Methods To evaluate the gene expression response of mosquitoes exposed to a Plasmodium infection intensity known to occur naturally in Hawaiʻi, offspring of wild-collected Hawaiian Cx. quinquefasciatus were fed on a domestic canary infected with a fresh isolate of Plasmodium relictum GRW4 from a wild-caught Hawaiian honeycreeper. Control mosquitoes were fed on an uninfected canary. …”
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Environmental and geographical factors influence the occurrence and abundance of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, in Hawai‘i by Oswaldo C. Villena, Katherine M. McClure, Richard J. Camp, Dennis A. LaPointe, Carter T. Atkinson, Helen R. Sofaer, Lucas Berio Fortini

“…Abstract Hawaiian honeycreepers, a group of endemic Hawaiian forest birds, are being threatened by avian malaria, a non-native disease that is driving honeycreepers populations to extinction. …”
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Identifying Conservation Introduction Sites for Endangered Birds through the Integration of Lidar-Based Habitat Suitability Models and Population Viability Analyses by Erica Marie Gallerani, Lucas Berio Fortini, Christopher C. Warren, Eben H. Paxton

“…Similar to other single-island endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers, the critically endangered ‘ākohekohe (<i>Palmeria dolei</i>) is threatened by climate-driven disease spread. …”
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