论文信息 - Using genetics to understand and conserve the Red Siskin ( Carduelis cucullata )

Using genetics to understand and conserve the Red Siskin ( Carduelis cucullata )

The Red Siskin is one of Venezuela’s most endangered birds because of illegal trapping for the pet trade. Ex situ conservation of this species is an important safeguard against extinction while this threat is brought under control. However, for captive birds to be useful to a formal conservation breeding by Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark1,2,3, Jesús E. Maldonado2,3, David Ascanio4, Emperatriz Gamero1, Leonel Ovalle5, Jorge Pérez-Emán6, Michael Braun2

[1] S. Hilty. Birds of Venezuela , 2002 .

[2] M. Braun,et al. Avifauna of the Guyana Southern Rupununi, with Comparisons to Other Savannas of Northern South America , 2004 .

[3] M. Braun,et al. DISCOVERY OF A POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED RED SISKIN (CARDUELIS CUCULLATA) IN GUYANA , 2003 .

[4] W. H. Phelps,et al. The Venezuelan Red Siskin: Case History of an Endangered Species , 1985 .