From Forest Extraction to Digital Markets: Illegal Macaw Trade and Adaptive Monitoring for Forest Wildlife Resilience [PDF]
AnimalsIllegal wildlife trade contributes to biodiversity loss, but trade in forest-dependent parrots is often examined through disconnected evidence streams, including field observations, declared trade records, seizures, online advertisements, and animal ...
Christopher Morales
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Comparison of capillary zone and agarose gel protein electrophoresis in macaws (Ara spp.) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe avian inflammatory response is complex and requires integration of clinical examination findings alongside hematologic, biochemical, and protein electrophoretic data to best characterize the acute phase and immune response.
Jared S. Zion +5 more
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Functional Morphology of the Pedal Musculature and Grip Force Estimation in the Red‑and‑Green Macaw (Ara chloropterus Gray, 1859) [PDF]
Journal of Morphology, Volume 287, Issue 8, August 2026.Integration of detailed hindlimb anatomy with biomechanical analyses demonstrates that pedal performance in the red‐and‐green macaw is driven by specialized muscle architecture and force distribution. Hypertrophy of digit IV flexor musculature, together with modifications of the intrinsic and extensor muscles, enhances grasping stability, climbing, and
Sérgio Roberto Posso +2 more
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Drying of macaw palm fruits and its influence on oil quality [PDF]
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2017 After harvest, macaw palm fruits show high deterioration rates when improperly preserved. A possible cause is the high fruit water content favoring enzymatic and microbiological degradation. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of drying on
Gutierres Nelson Silva +5 more
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Conservation Science and PracticeCaptive breeding in private collections is a crucial but often undocumented component of conservation for many threatened species, which can inadvertently pose risks to genetic diversity and species integrity.
George Olah +4 more
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MACAW: a method for semi-automatic detection of errors in genome-scale metabolic models [PDF]
Genome BiologyGenome-scale metabolic models (GSMMs) are used to predict metabolic fluxes, with applications ranging from identifying novel drug targets to engineering microbial metabolism.
Devlin C. Moyer +3 more
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BIOENERGETIC CULTURES: ESTIMATE OF OIL CONTENT IN MACAW PALM VIA COMPUTER VISION [PDF]
Engenharia Agrícola, 2023 Macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata) is a potential raw material for biodiesel production owing to its high oil content. In this study, a model is created that can estimate the oil percentage in Macaw fruit using spectral indices obtained via computer vision.
Anderson G. Costa +4 more
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Parrot Free-Flight as a Conservation Tool
Diversity, 2021 The release of captive-raised parrots to create or supplement wild populations has been critiqued due to variable survival rates and unreliable flocking behavior.
Constance Woodman +2 more
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Assessing the use of forest islands by parrot species in a neotropical savanna
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2015 Understanding the effect of habitat fragmentation is a fundamental yet complicated aim of many ecological studies. Beni savanna is a naturally fragmented forest habitat, where forest islands exhibit variation in resources and threats.
Igor Berkunsky +9 more
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The possum wood (Hura polyandra) in the diet of the Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
Huitzil, 2018 The Military Macaw (Ara militaris) through its range in Mexico feeds generally on large seeds of 62 species of plants, which are part of their diet. However, four species are among the most important and among them is the possum wood (Hura polyandra ...
Fernando Puebla-Olivares +2 more
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