{"id":83060,"date":"2018-08-07T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T02:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=83060"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T02:03:30","slug":"conservation-biology-student-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/07\/conservation-biology-student-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo grad students honored for conservation biology research"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Two University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> graduate students in the tropical conservation biology and environmental science program<\/a> were honored for their conservation biology research on the Hawaiian crow and the Hawaiian thrush at the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Conservation Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The conference gathered scientists, policymakers, conservation practitioners, educators, students and community members from Hawaiʻi<\/span> and the Pacific to discuss conservation.<\/p>\n

Genevi\u00e8ve Blanchet<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Student<\/a>
Genevi\u00e8ve Blanchet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blanchet received first place in outstanding graduate student oral presentation. Her research details the genetic diversity of the ʻalal\u0101<\/span> (Hawaiian crow) population, comparing early and late bottleneck developments to better understand the history, and inform captive population management of this critically-endangered species.<\/p>\n

Blanchet is a member of 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Conservation Genomics Research Group and specializes in avian conservation and genomics.<\/p>\n

Koa Matsuoka<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Student<\/a>
Koa Matsuoka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matsuoka was awarded runner-up for outstanding graduate poster presentation for his research that examines the diet diversity of the native ʻ\u014dmaʻo<\/span> (Hawaiian thrush), ʻalal\u0101<\/span> crow and other exotic birds to compare each species\u2019 effects on seed rain and seed germination of Hawaiian fruiting plants.<\/p>\n

The data may inform resource managers of the impacts reintroducing native fruit-eating birds will have on the plant community in forests where they have been eliminated.<\/p>\n

For more about the awardees, go to the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo news release<\/a> or 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Genevi\u00e8ve Blanchet was honored for her oral presentation and Koa Matsuoka for his graduate poster presentation at the 25th Annual Hawaiʻi<\/span> Conservation Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[254,665,33,660,14,907],"class_list":["post-83060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-biology","tag-conservation","tag-hawaiian","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t