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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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Breeding biology of the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata in Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 2019 AbstractThe Yellow Cardinal,Gubernatrix cristata, has a small geographic range in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. We studied the natural history of the only known Brazilian population of this “Endangered” species (∼50 individuals), which is socially monogamous and may breed cooperatively.
Christian Beier +1 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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Family group structure of the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata_data
, 2022 Family group structure of the endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata During the 2020-2021 breeding season we carried out 280 bird surveys to search for the presence of Yellow Cardinals in La Pampa province ...
María Emilia Rebollo (10755759)
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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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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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Ciência Rural, 2021 : Brazil is one of the primary suppliers of wildlife for trafficking, which constitutes a significant threat to biodiversity, which can cause the extinction of species, especially birds, the most important victims of trafficking.
Marilucia Campos dos Santos +6 more
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2017 Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Dip.: Tephritidae) is one of the most destructive agricultural pests in the world. To replace chemical control methods, as well as the timing of the peak population of Mediterranean fruit fly,
Amir Hossein TOORANI, Habib ABBASIPOUR
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Impact of Shiny Cowbird and botfly parasitism on the reproductive success of the globally endangered Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristata [PDF]
Bird Conservation International, 2014 SummaryThe Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristatais a globally endangered passerine endemic to southern South America. Although the conservation status of this species is alarming, there is no information about factors that affect its reproductive success. We studied the breeding biology of a Yellow Cardinal population in Corrientes province in north-east
Dominguez, Marisol +2 more
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