Title |
Being Attractive Brings Advantages: The Case of Parrot Species in Captivity
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2010
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0012568 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Daniel Frynta, Silvie Lišková, Sebastian Bültmann, Hynek Burda |
Abstract |
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 programmes managed by zoos and related institutions. Both captive breeding and poaching are selective and may be influenced by the attractiveness of particular species to humans. In this paper, we tested the hypothesis that the size of zoo populations is not only determined by conservation needs, but also by the perceived beauty of individual parrot species assessed by human observers. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
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Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Hungary | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Romania | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 158 | 95% |
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Researcher | 31 | 19% |
Student > Master | 25 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 20 | 12% |
Professor | 14 | 8% |
Other | 31 | 19% |
Unknown | 25 | 15% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 68 | 41% |
Environmental Science | 29 | 17% |
Psychology | 14 | 8% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
Other | 15 | 9% |
Unknown | 31 | 19% |