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El comercio ilegal de especies, un problema para la biodiversidad y riesgo para la salud

Un estudio de la Estación Biológica de Doñana y la Universidad Pablo de Olavide detecta mascotas de origen salvaje en el 95% de las poblaciones del Neotrópico y alerta del peligro de brotes zoonóticos

Impairment of mixed melanin-based pigmentation in parrots

Parrots and allies (Order Psittaciformes) have evolved an exclusive capacity to synthesize polyene pigments called psittacofulvins at feather follicles, which allows them to produce a striking...

Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions

Urbanization is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. Wildlife responses to urbanization, however, are greatly variable and, paradoxically, some threatened species may achieve much...

Role of phenology in favoring or limiting biological invasions

Climate similarity favors biological invasion, but a match between seasonality in the novel range and the timing of life cycle events of the invader also influences the outcome of species...