The lack of males due to illegal trapping is causing polygyny in the globally endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata [PDF]
Revista Brasileira De Ornitologia, 2019 AbstractWe present breeding data from the southernmost populations of the globally “Endangered” Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristatain Argentina, confirming the presence of current breeding populations in the region. We monitored a family group in a nesting territory composed of one male and three females throughout the breeding season 2017–2018.
Segura Luciano N
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Vulnerability of Gubernatrix cristata to climate change, anthropogenic pressures, and hybridization threats. [PDF]
Sci RepEstimating extinction risk is challenging due to insufficient data on current and future threats. This study develops a framework incorporating the impacts of climate change, anthropogenic pressures, and biotic interactions for assessing extinction risks
Medina RG, Domínguez M.
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Evidence for the evolution of male and female cardinals' plumage colouration being affected by both natural and sexual selection. [PDF]
BMC Ecol EvolThe evolution of sexually selected traits, such as colouration, has been the object of considerable research. Among birds, plumage colouration is highly variable and includes some of the most exuberant signals.
Porzio NS, Mota PG.
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Conservation Genetics, 2017 The yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix cristata, is an endangered passerine from southern South America. Populations are declining due to the loss of their natural habitat, which has caused a fragmented distribution, and the continuous extraction of individuals from the wild, mainly males, to sell them as cage birds.
Juan CARLOS Reboreda, Marisol Dominguez
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New avian hosts for Taphropiestes plaumanni (Coleoptera: Cavognathidae) and the record of nestlings skin lesions and body deterioration associated with parasitism [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 We collected data during three consecutive breeding seasons (2015-2018) to assess the effects of Taphropiestes plaumanni (Coleoptera: Cavognathidae) on its bird hosts in a native forest of central eastern Argentina.
EXEQUIEL GONZALEZ +3 more
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Drivers of phenotypic divergence in a Mesoamerican highland bird [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Animals derive their coloration from a variety of pigments as well as non-pigmentary structural features. One of the most widespread types of pigments are carotenoids, which are used by all invertebrate taxa and most vertebrate orders to generate red ...
Sahid M. Robles-Bello +4 more
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BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 2020 Background Eye pigmentation genes have been utilized as visible markers for constructing genetic control prototypes in several insect vectors of human disease.
Xuejiao Xu +4 more
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Species-Specific Responses of Bird Song Output in the Presence of Drones
Drones, 2021 Drones are now widely used to study wildlife, but their application in the study of bioacoustics is limited. Drones can be used to collect data on bird vocalizations, but an ongoing concern is that noise from drones could change bird vocalization ...
Andrew M. Wilson +4 more
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Effects of fragmentation and hybridization on geographical patterns of song variation in the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata [PDF]
Ibis, 2016 The song learning process may lead to small‐scale geographical variation in vocalizations of oscine birds. This variation can be further enhanced by the effects of habitat fragmentation or hybridization. Populations of the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata are now patchily distributed in the southern South American thorny shrubland ...
Marisol Domínguez +2 more
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A Classic Maya Mystery of a Medicinal Plant and Maya Hieroglyphs
Heritage, 2020 The Maya employed the k’an |K’AN| glyph in Late Classic (~750 CE) hieroglyphs on murals and polychrome pottery as an adjective meaning precious, yellow.
Jonathan Ferrier +7 more
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