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dc.contributor.authorSheppard, James
dc.contributor.authorROJAS, JOSÉ IGNACIO GONZÁLEZ
dc.contributor.authorCRUZ, JAVIER
dc.contributor.authorGONZÁLEZ, LUZ FRANCELIA TORRES
dc.contributor.authorNIETO, MIGUEL ÁNGEL CRUZ
dc.contributor.authorLEZAMA, SERGIO DAVID JIMÉNEZ
dc.contributor.authorJUAREZ, EDWIN ALFREDO
dc.contributor.authorLamberski, Nadine
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-27T22:00:42Z
dc.date.available2021-01-27T22:00:42Z
dc.date.issued11/4/2020
dc.identifier.issn0959-2709
dc.identifier.eissn1474-0001
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/s0959270920000520
dc.identifier.piiS0959270920000520
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/825
dc.description.abstractWe report on what appear to be increasing predation events on nesting Thick-billed Parrots Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha. Thick-billed Parrots are classified as ‘Endangered’ and their seasonal breeding range is restricted to increasingly fragmented and degraded high elevation mixed conifer forest habitat within the Sierra Madre Occidental region of north-western Mexico. Predation of established breeding pairs has recently contributed to the ongoing decline of Thick-billed Parrot populations by removing mature birds with high reproductive value, which has associated consequences for future recruitment. We observed increasing predation events on nesting Thick-billed Parrots by bobcats Lynx rufus accompanied by kittens throughout the 2018–2019 breeding seasons, and we speculate that recent reductions in bobcat habitat have pushed them into new ranges where they are supplementing their diet with nontraditional prey items.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_US
dc.rights© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Bird Conservation International This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectTHICK-BILLED PARROTSen_US
dc.subjectBOBCATSen_US
dc.subjectPREDATIONen_US
dc.subjectMEXICOen_US
dc.subjectWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONen_US
dc.subjectENDANGERED SPECIESen_US
dc.subjectPOPULATIONSen_US
dc.titlePredation of nesting Thick-billed Parrots Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha by bobcats in northwestern Mexicoen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.source.journaltitleBird Conservation Internationalen_US
dc.source.beginpage1en_US
dc.source.endpage9en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2020
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-27T22:00:42Z
html.description.abstractWe report on what appear to be increasing predation events on nesting Thick-billed Parrots Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha. Thick-billed Parrots are classified as ‘Endangered’ and their seasonal breeding range is restricted to increasingly fragmented and degraded high elevation mixed conifer forest habitat within the Sierra Madre Occidental region of north-western Mexico. Predation of established breeding pairs has recently contributed to the ongoing decline of Thick-billed Parrot populations by removing mature birds with high reproductive value, which has associated consequences for future recruitment. We observed increasing predation events on nesting Thick-billed Parrots by bobcats Lynx rufus accompanied by kittens throughout the 2018–2019 breeding seasons, and we speculate that recent reductions in bobcat habitat have pushed them into new ranges where they are supplementing their diet with nontraditional prey items.en_US


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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Bird Conservation International This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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