Resolving a phylogenetic hypothesis for parrots: implications from systematics to conservation

KL Provost, L Joseph, BT Smith - Emu-Austral Ornithology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in sequencing technology and phylogenetics have revolutionised avian biology
by providing an evolutionary framework for studying natural groupings. In the parrots …

Advancing genetic methods in the study of parrot biology and conservation

G Olah, BT Smith, L Joseph, SC Banks, R Heinsohn - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parrots (Psittaciformes) are a well-studied, diverse group of birds distributed mainly in
tropical and subtropical regions. Today, one-third of their species face extinction, mainly due …

Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

RT Chesser, RC Banks, FK Barker, C Cicero, JL Dunn… - The Auk, 2010 - academic.oup.com
R. TERRY CHESSER, 1, 12, 13 RICHARD C. BANKS, 1 F. KEITH BARKER, 2 CARLA
CICERO, 3 JON L. DUNN, 4 ANDREW W. KRATTER, 5 IRBY J. LOVETTE, 6 PAMELA C …

Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance

BT Smith, J Merwin, KL Provost, G Thom… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Gene tree discordance is expected in phylogenomic trees and biological processes are
often invoked to explain it. However, heterogeneous levels of phylogenetic signal among …

[图书][B] Parrots of the wild: A natural history of the world's most captivating birds

CA Toft, TF Wright - 2015 - books.google.com
Parrots of the Wild explores recent scientific discoveries and what they reveal about the lives
of wild parrots, which are among the most intelligent and rarest of birds. Catherine A. Toft …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary history, genomic adaptation to toxic diet, and extinction of the Carolina parakeet

P Gelabert, M Sandoval-Velasco, A Serres… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
As the only endemic neotropical parrot to have recently lived in the northern hemisphere, the
Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was an iconic North American bird. The last …

[HTML][HTML] Revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) guided by phylogenomic analysis

BT Smith, G Thom, L Joseph - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural …, 2024 - BioOne
Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) are a diverse clade that is easily distinguishable from other
birds. Despite the clear characters that define Psittaciformes (hooked bills, zygodactylous …

Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet

KR Burgio, CJ Carlson, MW Tingley - Ecology and Evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the ecology and natural history of species has traditionally ceased when a
species goes extinct, despite the benefit to current and future generations of potential …

[图书][B] Thinking like a parrot: Perspectives from the wild

A Bond, J Diamond - 2019 - degruyter.com
People form enduring emotional bonds with other animal species, such as dogs, cats, and
horses. For the most part, these are domesticated animals, with one notable exception …

[PDF][PDF] Higher classification of New World parrots (Psittaciformes; Arinae), with diagnoses of tribes

R Schodde, JV Remsen, EE Schirtzinger, L Joseph… - Zootaxa, 2013 - museum.lsu.edu
We offer here a diagnosed higher-level classification of New World parrots to reflect
relationships inferred from a consensus of recent DNA-based phylogenies and …