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Angela Kepler
Angela Kay Kepler (born 1943) is a New Zealand-born naturalist and author. She is a graduate of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and has a master's degree from the University of Hawaiʻi and a doctorate from Cornell University, New York in 1972.[1] She also undertook a one-year post doctoral position at Oxford University.[2]
She has conducted research in Hawaii, Alaska, Russia and the Caribbean. Two bird species have been named for her: the elfin-woods warbler (Setophaga angelae), a Puerto Rican endemic;[3] and the extinct Hawaiian rail Porzana keplerorum.
She has a farm on Maui and grows some 32 different banana varieties.[4]
- ^ "A comparative study of todies (Aves, Todidae), with emphasis on the Puerto Rican tody, Todus mexicanus - Cornell University Library Catalog".
- ^ "Dr. Angela K. Kepler | Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Kepler, C. B.; Parkes, K. C. (1972). "A new species of warbler (Parulidae) from Puerto Rico". The Auk. 89 (1): 1–18. doi:10.2307/4084056. JSTOR 4084056.
- ^ Kia‘i Moku: Banana bunchy-top virus poses threat to plants in Hawaii, Lissa Fox, Maui News, February 13, 2011
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