Leaky doors: Private captivity as a prominent source of bird introductions in Australia.

The international pet trade is a major source of emerging invasive vertebrate species. We used online resources as a novel source of information for accidental bird escapes, and we investigated the factors that influence the frequency and distribution of bird escapes at a continental scale. We colle...

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Main Authors: Miquel Vall-Llosera, Phillip Cassey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5325556?pdf=render