Publications

clinical and pathological aspects of systemic isospora infection in blue-crowned laughing thrushes (garrulax courtoisi) at jersey zoo.	based on a review of species mortalities, systemic isospora species was identified as the primary cause of death in 22% (19 of 87) of blue-crowned laughing thrushes (bclts; garrulax courtoisi) at the jersey zoo between 1997 and 2016. fifty-eight percent of the affected birds were between 1 and 2 years old, and in 89% of cases, death occurred between august and december. abnormal clinical findings in bclts with isospora species infections included hepatomegaly and pectoral muscle myositis in 79% ...	2019	31893622
low genetic diversity in captive populations of the critically endangered blue-crowned laughingthrush (garrulax courtoisi) revealed by a panel of novel microsatellites.	captive populations permit research and conservation of endangered species in which these efforts are hardly implemented in wild populations. thus, analysing genetic diversity and structure of captive populations offers unique opportunities. one example is the critically endangered blue-crowned laughingthrush, garrulax courtoisi, which has only two known wild populations in wuyuan, jiangxi and simao, yunnan, china. we carried out the first conservation genetic study, in order to provide useful i ...	2019	30918762
home range size and habitat use of the blue-crowned laughingthrush during the breeding season.	the home range size and habitat use of the blue-crowned laughingthrush (garrulax courtoisi, hereafter bclt), a critically endangered, subtropical, cooperative-breeding bird species in southeast china, were studied during its breeding period using radio telemetry at different sites during 3 consecutive years (2016-18, from may to june of each year). a total of 17 birds (12 males, four females, and one of unknown sex) were tagged, and a total 1515 locations (mean ± se = 89.12 ± 11.42) were obtaine ...	2020	32341888