Search Results - "Brightsmith, Donald J."

Modelling Red-Crowned Parrot (Psittaciformes: Amazona viridigenalis [Cassin, 1853]) distributions in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas using elevation and vegetation indices and their derivatives by Voltura, Elise Varaela, Tracy, James L, Heatley, J Jill, Kiacz, Simon, Brightsmith, Donald J, Filippi, Anthony M, Franco, Jesús G, Coulson, Robert

“…Texas Rio Grande Valley Red-crowned Parrots (Psittaciformes: Amazona viridigenalis [Cassin, 1853]) primarily occupy vegetated urban rather than natural areas…”
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Potential impact of neonicotinoid use on Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in Texas: A historical analysis by Ertl, Hannah M H, Mora, Miguel A, Brightsmith, Donald J, Navarro-Alberto, Jorge A

“…The widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides in recent years has led to increasing environmental concern, including impacts to avian populations. In Texas…”
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Cultivable bacterial microbiota of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus): a new reservoir of antimicrobial resistance? by Su, Hongwen, McKelvey, Jessica, Rollins, Dale, Zhang, Michael, Brightsmith, Donald J, Derr, James, Zhang, Shuping

“…The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) is an ecologically and economically important avian species. At the present time, little is known about the…”
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Error properties of Argos satellite telemetry locations using least squares and Kalman filtering by Boyd, Janice D, Brightsmith, Donald J

“…Study of animal movements is key for understanding their ecology and facilitating their conservation. The Argos satellite system is a valuable tool for…”
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Presence of Endangered Red-Crowned Parrots (Amazona viridigenalis) Depends on Urban Landscapes by Kiacz, Simon, Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan, Brightsmith, Donald J

“…Many species of plants and animals thrive in urban habitats and stand to gain from the global trend in increased urbanization. One such species, the…”
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Free Flight Training as a Tool for Psittacine Reintroductions by Brightsmith, Donald J, Biro, Chris, Mendes, Humberto F, Woodman, Constance

“…Simple SummaryMacaw and parrot populations are declining because of a combination of habitat loss and capture for the illegal trade. As a result, IUCN Red List…”
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Parrot Free-Flight as a Conservation Tool by Woodman, Constance, Biro, Chris, Brightsmith, Donald J.

“…The release of captive-raised parrots to create or supplement wild populations has been critiqued due to variable survival rates and unreliable flocking…”
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Satellite telemetry reveals complex migratory movement patterns of two large macaw species in the western Amazon basin by Brightsmith, Donald J., Boyd, Janice D., Hobson, Elizabeth A., Randel, C J.

“…Understanding avian movement patterns is important to ensure that conservation decisions are made on a scale that is relevant to the species. The family…”
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A draft de novo genome assembly for the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) reveals evidence for a rapid decline in effective population size beginning in the Late Pleistocene by Halley, Yvette A, Dowd, Scot E, Decker, Jared E, Seabury, Paul M, Bhattarai, Eric, Johnson, Charles D, Rollins, Dale, Tizard, Ian R, Brightsmith, Donald J, Peterson, Markus J, Taylor, Jeremy F, Seabury, Christopher M

“…Wild populations of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhite) have declined across nearly all of their U.S. range, and despite their…”
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A multi-platform draft de novo genome assembly and comparative analysis for the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) by Seabury, Christopher M, Dowd, Scot E, Seabury, Paul M, Raudsepp, Terje, Brightsmith, Donald J, Liboriussen, Poul, Halley, Yvette, Fisher, Colleen A, Owens, Elaine, Viswanathan, Ganesh, Tizard, Ian R

“…Data deposition to NCBI Genomes: This Whole Genome Shotgun project has been deposited at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession AMXX00000000 (SMACv1.0,…”
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Satellite Telemetry of Blue-Throated Macaws in Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Beni, Bolivia) Reveals Likely Breeding Areas by Davenport, Lisa C., Boorsma, Tjalle, Carrara, Lucas, Antas, Paulo de Tarso Zuquim, Faria, Luciene, Brightsmith, Donald J., Herzog, Sebastian K., Soria-Auza, Rodrigo W., Hennessey, A. Bennett

“…The Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis) is a Critically Endangered species endemic to the Llanos de Moxos ecosystem of Beni, Bolivia. To aid conservation…”
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Inferring the decision rules that drive co-foraging affiliations in wild mixed-species parrot groups by Ferdinand, Vanessa, Pattenden, Elle, Brightsmith, Donald J, Hobson, Elizabeth A

“…Animals gathered around a specific location or resource may represent mixed-species aggregations or mixed-species groups. Patterns of individuals choosing to…”
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Age Difference, Not Food Scarcity or Sibling Interactions, May Drive Brood Reduction in Wild Scarlet Macaws in Southeastern Peru by Vigo-Trauco, Gabriela, Martínez-Sovero, Gustavo, Brightsmith, Donald J.

“…Avian brood reduction was initially thought to be driven by insufficient food supply. Now it is more commonly considered a consequence of asynchronous hatching…”
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Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting extinction risk in parrots by Olah, George, Butchart, Stuart H. M, Symes, Andy, Guzmán, Iliana Medina, Cunningham, Ross, Brightsmith, Donald J, Heinsohn, Robert

“…Parrots (Psittaciformes) are among the most threatened bird orders with 28 % (111 of 398) of extant species classified as threatened under IUCN criteria. We…”
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Parrots consume sodium-rich palms in the sodium-deprived landscape of the Western Amazon Basin by Brightsmith, Donald J., Cáceres, Aimy

“…Herbivorous animals face shortages of different minerals in different geographic areas. In the Amazon Basin, sodium is often limiting, driving herbivores to…”
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Food availability and breeding season as predictors of geophagy in Amazonian parrots by Brightsmith, Donald J., Hobson, Elizabeth A., Martinez, Gustavo

“…Geophagy, the consumption of soil, is common in many species, but the drivers of geophagy are not well understood. The best‐studied example of avian geophagy…”
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Fatty acid profiles of crop contents of free‐living psittacine nestlings and of commercial hand‐feeding formulas by Cornejo, Juan, Dierenfeld, Ellen S., Renton, Katherine, Brightsmith, Donald J.

“…Research on psittacine nutrition is limited, and nestling requirements are poorly understood. This study analysed fatty acid (FA) profiles of crop contents of…”
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Ecotourism, conservation biology, and volunteer tourism: A mutually beneficial triumvirate by Brightsmith, Donald J., Stronza, Amanda, Holle, Kurt

“…Funding for basic conservation research is chronically lacking. The potential for ecotourism to fund conservation research exists, but has been little…”
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Extreme uncertainty and unquantifiable bias do not inform population sizes by Robinson, Orin J, Socolar, Jacob B, Stuber, Erica F, Auer, Tom, Berryman, Alex J, Boersch-Supan, Philipp H, Brightsmith, Donald J, Burbidge, Allan H, Butchart, Stuart H M, Davis, Courtney L, Dokter, Adriaan M, Di Giacomo, Adrian S, Farnsworth, Andrew, Fink, Daniel, Hochachka, Wesley M, Howell, Paige E, La Sorte, Frank A, Lees, Alexander C, Marsden, Stuart, Martin, Robert, Martin, Rowan O, Masello, Juan F, Miller, Eliot T, Moodley, Yoshan, Musgrove, Andy, Noble, David G, Ojeda, Valeria, Quillfeldt, Petra, Royle, J Andrew, Ruiz-Gutierrez, Viviana, Tella, José L, Yorio, Pablo, Youngflesh, Casey, Johnston, Alison

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Psittacine reintroductions: Common denominators of success by White, Thomas H., Collar, Nigel J., Moorhouse, Ron J., Sanz, Virginia, Stolen, Eric D., Brightsmith, Donald J.

“…► We evaluated 47 distinct releases and reintroductions of parrots worldwide. ► We used generalized linear models and information-theoretic model selection in…”
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