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Breeding‐Related Changes in Social Interactions Among Female Vulturine Guineafowl
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.Females often have to trade‐off investment in reproduction versus social status. This study shows that after breeding, females lose more dominance interactions against other females, but that they also receive fewer aggressions from dominant males. The results suggest that breeding causes a change in the status of females, whereby they may need to ...
Tobit Dehnen +4 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is native to South America and has been introduced by the pet market to several countries around the world. In this note, we compiled records for this species in Mexico, also reporting the first sight-recording ...
Ian MacGregor-Fors +4 more
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Urbanization, environmental stabilization and temporal persistence of bird species: A view from Latin America [PDF]
, 2018 Background. A scarcely studied consequence of urbanization is the effect of temporal stabilization of the environment on bird communities. This alteration is thought to dampen environmental variations between day and night, seasons and years, promoting a
Leveau, Lucas Matias
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Journal of Anatomy, Volume 246, Issue 2, Page 299-315, February 2025.Bite force in parrots has been explored using data from muscle masses. The values were validated by comparison with data for bite force collected from live parrots. The parrot's reputation for a strong bite force is well founded. Abstract Jaw morphology and function determine the range of dietary items that an organism can consume.
Shannon L. Harrison +3 more
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Current status of bird pest species in agroecosystems of Buenos Aires province, central Argentina
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2011 We carried out the first assessment of abundance and distribution of bird pest species (eared dove Zenaida auriculata, monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus, picazuro pigeon Patagioenas picazuro and spot-winged pigeon P.
Codesido, M., Bilenca, D.
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Noves dades de cria de la cotorra de pit gris Myiopsitta monachus a Mallorca [PDF]
New breeding records of Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus in Mallorca. During the summer of 1999, in the Balearic Isles a census took place of the breeding colonies of the Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus, commissioned by the Conselleria de Medi Ambient
Gordiola, Francisco, Sastre, Alfons
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, 2020 Members of a social species need to make appropriate decisions about who, how, and when to interact with others in their group. However, it has been difficult for researchers to detect the inputs to these decisions and, in particular, how much ...
DeDeo, Simon +2 more
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Endangered plant-parrot mutualisms: seed tolerance to predation makes parrots pervasive dispersers of the Parana pine [PDF]
, 2016 Parrots are largely considered plant antagonists as they usually destroy the seeds they feed on. However, there is evidence that parrots may also act as seed dispersers.
Blanco, Guillermo +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.Native twoline skiffia's behaviour in response to increasing temperatures and coexistence with invasive guppies was assessed and results uncovered potential benefits for the native fish, including quicker emergence from shelters and more efficient food location when associating with invasive species.
Abigail Santiago‐Arellano +3 more
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Control de aves invasoras en las islas Baleares [PDF]
Control of invasive birds in the Balearic Islands. The introduction of exotic invasive birds can lead to increased rarity and extinction of native birds, especially on islands.
Muntaner, Jordi, Álvarez-Pola, Carmen
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