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Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on survival, on reproductive success, on sexually selected ornament, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences, such as changes in population viability ...
A Araújo   +177 more
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Intersex plumage in Plum-headed Parakeet (c)

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology
This note reports the first documented case of intersex plumage in a Plum-headed Parakeet from India.
Rounak Choudhary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vertebrates...and the conflicts in public image [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
The author explores human perceptions, as influenced by words and the images they conjure in the human brain. People worldwide have formed strong images relating to our environment, both positive and negative: beauty and splendor vs.
Haraldstad, Tormod   +5 more
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Identification of novel cryptosporidium genotypes from the Czech Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Isolates of Cryptosporidium from the Czech Republic were characterized from a variety of different hosts using sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the 18S ribosomal DNA and the heat-shock (HSP-70) gene.
Ryan, U.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Repeated sightings of Alexandrine parakeet Psittacula eupatria in Rome (Central Italy) and its likely acclimatization

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2016
Alexandrine parakeet sightings have repeatedly occurred in the city of Rome, Italy in the Caffarella valley, within the ‘Regional Park of Appia Antica’ starting from March 2010. Several other sightings have been made since December 2014 onwards.
Francesco Maria Angelici   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The status of the parrot trade from tropical forests to Turkey

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Forestry, 2018
Parrots are birds that naturally spread in the tropical regions of the world. International trade is carried out according to the CITES Convention. 135 parrot species were imported and 40 parrot species were re-exported between 1982 and 2016 in Turkey ...
Esra PER
doaj   +1 more source

Genome Sequence of a Divergent Avian Metapneumovirus from a Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Here, we report the coding-complete genome sequence of an avian metapneumovirus from a monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), identified by metagenomic next-generation sequencing during an investigation into a disease outbreak in a captive parrot breeding ...
Clubb, Susan   +2 more
core  

“Kill Two Birds with One Stone”: Urban Tree Species Classification Using Bi-Temporal Pléiades Images to Study Nesting Preferences of an Invasive Bird

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2017
This study presents the results of object-based classifications assessing the potential of bi-temporal Pléiades images for mapping broadleaf and coniferous tree species potentially used by the ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri for nesting in the ...
Marine Le Louarn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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