The unsustainable harvest of wildlife is a major threat to global biodiversity and to the
millions of people who depend on wildlife for food and income. Past research has called …

Parrots (Psittaciformes) are among the most threatened bird orders with 28%(111 of 398) of
extant species classified as threatened under IUCN criteria. We confirmed that parrots have …

A large amount of birds are harvested from the natural environment for the pet market. This
trade is a conservation issue and an economic income for many people, two aspects not …

Although the poaching of nestlings for the pet trade is thought to contribute to the decline of
many species of parrots, its effects have been poorly demonstrated. We calculated rates of …

Illegal trade constitutes a major threat for a variety of wildlife. A criminology framework has
been recently applied to parrot poaching in Mexico, suggesting an opportunistic crime in …

Illegal wildlife trade, which mostly focuses on high-demand species, constitutes a major
threat to biodiversity. However, whether poaching is an opportunistic crime within high …

Although cavity-nesting birds are often assumed to be limited by nest site availability, most
evidence for nest site limitation has come from human-modified landscapes in North …

Background Parrots are one of the most frequently kept and bred bird orders in captivity.
This increases poaching and thus the potential importance of captive populations for rescue …

Great uncertainty typically surrounds decisions and management actions in the conservation
of biodiversity and natural resource management, and yet there are risks of serious and …

We evaluated point transect, line transect, mark-resighting, and roost survey methods by
comparing population estimates to a reference population of Green-rumped Parrotlets …