| spillover of avian haemosporidian parasites (haemosporidia: plasmodium) and death of captive psittacine species. | during february 2014, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo (calyptorhynchus funereus) and glossy black cockatoo (c. lathami) housed in aviaries on a property in wamuran, queensland, were submitted for postmortem. histopathology and molecular diagnostics demonstrated the presence of plasmodium sp. infection. the plasmodium isolate identified has previously only been reported as infecting a healthy wild rufous fantail (rhipidura rufifrons) in australia. | 2018 | 29479679 |
| linking vital rates of landbirds on a tropical island to rainfall and vegetation greenness. | remote tropical oceanic islands are of high conservation priority, and they are exemplified by range-restricted species with small global populations. spatial and temporal patterns in rainfall and plant productivity may be important in driving dynamics of these species. yet, little is known about environmental influences on population dynamics for most islands and species. here we leveraged avian capture-recapture, rainfall, and remote-sensed habitat data (enhanced vegetation index [evi]) to ass ... | 2016 | 26863013 |