With my collaborators Grace Smith-Vidaurre (New Mexico State University) and Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo), we compiled the first comprehensive report of the very recent and still on-going monk parakeet invasion in Mexico.
We used a combination of international trade regulations, global import/export data, and observational reports of feral monk parakeets to describe when and where the invasion started. We also speculate on potential causes for the drastic shifts in the global pet trade that may have contributed to the timing of the invasion in Mexico.
The full text of the paper is available here
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