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Fawn-breasted Tanager,

Fawn-breasted Tanager,

one of the Andean bird species screened for avian malaria in the new study by McNew et al. (photo by C. Jonathan Schmitt, UNM Class of 2012)

Flame-faced Tanager,

Flame-faced Tanager,

one of the Andean bird species screened for avian malaria in the new study by McNew et al. (photo by C. Jonathan Schmitt, UNM Class of 2012)

The montane forests of

The montane forests of

Cerro Huicsacunga, in northern Peru. The birds at this site had more avian malaria than any other site in Peru, according to the new study by McNew et al., with infection rates peaking at an elevation similar to Santa Fe, New Mexico (2200 meters above sea level). (photo by C. Jonathan Schmitt, UNM Class of 2012)

Group photo of a UNM expedition

Group photo of a UNM expedition

to northern Peru, in 2012, during which samples were collected for the McNew et al. study. Authors of the paper include Paloma Ordoñez (front row 4th from right), Sabrina McNew (front row 3rd from right), Ashley Smiley (front row 2nd from right), C. Jonathan Schmitt (front row, right), Shane DuBay (back row middle), and Christopher Witt (back row right).

Why biodiversity changes from place to place

March 17, 2021

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Biology Research

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