The invasive Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) outcompetes native birds in a tropical biodiversity hotspot

M Thibault, E Vidal, MA Potter, T Sanchez, F Brescia - PLOS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Invasive alien species are a major cause of biodiversity loss globally, but especially on
islands where high species richness and levels of endemism accentuate their impacts. The …

“Liaisons dangereuses”: The invasive red‐vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), a disperser of exotic plant species in New Caledonia

M Thibault, F Masse, A Pujapujane… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia hosts high levels of endemism (74% of flora) that
is threatened increasingly by climate change, habitat reduction, and invasive species. The …

Dichromatic vision in a fruit bat with diurnal proclivities: the Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis)

AD Melin, CF Danosi, GF McCracken… - Journal of Comparative …, 2014 - Springer
A nocturnal bottleneck during mammalian evolution left a majority of species with two cone
opsins, or dichromatic color vision. Primate trichromatic vision arose from the duplication …

The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer): serious pest or understudied invader?

M Thibault, E Vidal, MA Potter, E Dyer, F Brescia - Biological invasions, 2018 - Springer
Recently, debate has flourished about inadequacies in the simplistic “worst invasive
species” approach and its global scale. Here we investigate the status of the red-vented …

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer Linnaeus, 1766).

M Thibault, MA Potter, E Vidal… - Invasive birds: global …, 2020 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Invasive birds: global trends and impacts: Red-vented bulbul (<italic toggle='yes'>Pycnonotus
cafer</italic> Page 1 40 © CAB International 2020. Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts …