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Minimizing Potential Allee Effects in Psittacine Reintroductions: An Example from Puerto Rico
Diversity, 2021 The family Psittacidae is comprised of over 400 species, an ever-increasing number of which are considered threatened with extinction. In recent decades, conservation strategies for these species have increasingly employed reintroduction as a technique ...
Thomas H. White +9 more
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Diversity, 2021 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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END-TO-END DEPTH FROM MOTION WITH STABILIZED MONOCULAR VIDEOS [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 We propose a depth map inference system from monocular videos based on a novel dataset for navigation that mimics aerial footage from gimbal stabilized monocular camera in rigid scenes.
C. Pinard +4 more
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The Nature of Parrot and Its Rhetorical Reflections in Persian Poetry [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2023 Parrot is a well-known bird in Persian poetry, and various features of it have been implicated in literary themes and poetics. Scrutinizing literary works represents how Persian poets, living in different geographical regions, knew the natural and ...
Fatemeh Mehri
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A Motif of Parrots in Dionysian Contexts on Selected Examples of Hellenistic and Roman Mosaics
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2023 This paper provides an overview of the mosaics in which parrots are represented as a motive accompanying Dionysian themes. Based on the written and iconographic sources, the author argues that a parrot was an intrinsic element of the visual language ...
Anna Głowa
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The efficient use of food resources is a precondition for wild species´ survival in urban environments. The feeding ecology of animals in tropical cities, however, remains poorly investigated.
CRISTIANE S. SOARES +3 more
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Avian Research, 2022 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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Diversity, 2021 The presence of unidentified cryptic species within a species complex can obscure demographic trends of vulnerable species, impacting potential species conservation and management decisions.
Dominique L. Hellmich +2 more
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Animals, 2018 Despite being undomesticated, African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) are commonly found in captivity, in zoos or as pets. Captivity can be an ongoing stressor.
Cécile Bienboire-Frosini +6 more
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Ribavirin Inhibits Parrot Bornavirus 4 Replication in Cell Culture. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Parrot bornavirus 4 is an etiological agent of proventricular dilatation disease, a fatal neurologic and gastrointestinal disease of psittacines and other birds.
Jeffrey M B Musser +6 more
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