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Monk parakeet project, Florida

I traveled to Gainesville Florida for some of my dissertation work on monk parakeet sociality. I worked with a captive population to study how social structure emerged in novel groups when I introduced them into large semi-natural flight pens. I had assistance from two amazing field technicians, Tiffany McIntosh and Darlene John.

Darlene John and Tiffany McIntosh, undergrads at New Mexico State University and field technicians on my parakeet project, learning how to extract parakeets from mist nets

This work led to many talks at conferences, including two posters by Darlene at SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) and ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students).

Data from this project led to several published papers (see below), including one with Tiffany and Darlene as co-authors.

Papers

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