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Urban ecosystems are evolutionarily recent novel environments acting as biodiversity filters. Psittacidae birds are considered successful urban adapters mainly due to their generalist feeding and opportunistic behavior, allowing them to occupy ...
Cristel Álvarez-Castillo +4 more
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Background Parrots (Psittacidae Family) are one of the most colorful groups of birds in the world, their colors produced both structurally and via unusual pigments (psittacofulvins). Most species are considered to be monogamous, and many have been viewed
Macarena Morales +3 more
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Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are key contributors to the current global biodiversity crisis. Psittaciformes (parrots) are one of the most vulnerable avian taxa and psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is the most common viral disease in wild
Deborah J. Fogell +8 more
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Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala and Rose-ringed Parakeet P. krameri were recorded to cause 64.7% damage to a seed crop of African Marigold Tagetes erecta cv. Cracker Jack. This is the first ever report on the parakeet damage to marigold.
P. S. SANDHU, Jaswlnder S. SANDHU
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Nest-building behavior of Monk Parakeets and insights into potential mechanisms for reducing damage to utility poles [PDF]
The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) commonly uses utility poles as a substrate for building large, bulky nests. These nests often cause fires and electric power outages, creating public safety risks and increasing liability and maintenance costs for ...
Kevin R. Burgio +2 more
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Effects of cold winters and roost site stability on population development of non-native Asian ring-necked parakeets (Alexandrinus manillensis) in temperate Central Europe – Results of a 16-year census [PDF]
Asian ring-necked parakeets (Alexandrinus manillensis, formerly Psittacula krameri, hereafter RNP) first bred in Germany in 1969. Since then, RNP numbers increased in all three major German subpopulations (Rhineland, Rhine-Main, Rhine-Neckar ...
Bauer, Andreas +24 more
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Electrochemotherapy for the treatment of an incompletely excised subcutaneous low grade epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a budgerigar parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) [PDF]
Background: Cutaneous tumors are rarely described in avians, and are frequently of viral origin. Solid tumors of vascular origin are seldom reported and usually result in a difficult management by surgery alone.
Andrea Lanza +3 more
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IntroductionThe introduction of invasive species into an ecosystem could result in biodiversity loss and the spread of infectious agents that could cause re-emergent or emergent zoonotic diseases.
Juan López +9 more
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