Hawaiian Honeycreeper Conservation in Light of Gut Microbiota

Maria S. Costantini, Lisa H. Crampton, Bryce Masuda, Matthew C. I. Medeiros, and Floyd A. Reed

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Background

What is a microbiome and why is it important?

 


 

Insurance Population to Save Two Critically Endangered Honeycreepers


 

What are we overlooking in conservation breeding?

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Questions

Main Questions:

 

Predictions: 

 

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Methods

Field Methods

 

Sampling Locations

 

Lab Methods 

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Results

Comparison of 'Akikiki and 'Akeke'e Microbiomes

 

 

 

 

 

How do different sampling characteristics affect microbiome?

 

 

 

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Summary of Results

'Akikiki and 'akeke'e comparisons:

 

Differences between sampling characteristics:

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What's Next?

 

Potential for Conservation:

 

 

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Thank you to the following groups for funding of this project: Hawaii Audubon Society, NIH, C-MAIKI, AOS Hesse Award, Watson T. Yoshimoto Fellowship