The montane forests of
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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)