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Ecology and EvolutionIllegal wildlife trafficking is a major threat to biodiversity, severely affecting many species, including Psittacidae. In this context, molecular tools such as DNA barcoding provide an effective alternative for taxonomic identification, complementing ...
Julián Marín‐Villa +3 more
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Main neoplasic processes in psittacines birds kept in captivity [PDF]
, 2009 Um estudo anatomopatológico envolvendo 130 psitacídeos oriundos de centros de triagens, zoológicos e criadouros, visando a determinação da causa de morte destes animais, revelou a presença de neoplasias em sete animais, totalizando 5,4% dos casos.
ALVES, Venâncio A. Ferreira +3 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009 A retrospective study was conducted to identify the occurrence and types of ocular disorders in 57 Amazon parrots admitted to the Ophthalmology Service, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil from ...
Ana Paula Hvenegaard +4 more
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Genome Empowerment for the Puerto Rican Parrot – Amazona vittata [PDF]
, 2012 A unique community-funded project in Puerto Rico has launched whole-genome sequencing of the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata), with interpretation by genome bioinformaticians and students, and deposition into public online ...
O\u27Brien, Stephen J.
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Feminism in Themyscira: Wonder Woman’s Facets [PDF]
, 2017 Resumen: A pesar de ser el personaje femenino más popular del cómic superheroico, la historia de Wonder Woman está llena de avances y retrocesos: concebida por su creador, el célebre psicólogo William Moulton Marston, como un símbolo de la mujer ...
Cañas Pelayo, Marcos R.
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The identity of the mysterious “Azara’s Parakeet” Sittace flaviventris Wagler, 1832
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2018 Sittace flaviventris Wagler, 1832 was the name given to Azara’s No. 276 “Maracaná cabeza y encuentro roxos”, but since then the identity of the species has remained a mystery. Based on a tail-less domestic individual, it has most often been attributed to
PAUL SMITH
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Water bathing alters threat perception in starlings. [PDF]
, 2012 The majority of bird taxa perform water bathing, but little is known about the adaptive value of this behaviour. If bathing is important for feather maintenance then birds that have not bathed should have poorer feather condition, compromised escape ...
Bateson M. +5 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2008 The aim was to provide reference data for blood gas/acid-base status and electrolytes for non-anesthetized Amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva). Thirty-five adult parrots from Tietê ecologic park were utilized.
Valéria V. Paula +3 more
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Global analysis of threat status reveals higher extinction risk in tropical than in temperate bird sister species [PDF]
, 2019 Given increasing pressures upon biodiversity, identification of species’ traits related to elevated extinction risk is useful for more efficient allocation of limited resources for nature conservation.
Reif, Jiří, Štěpánková, Klára
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