Scientific
Reports and Publications
Data Sets
Temperature and rainfall TRC 1995 - May 2005 (Excel file 400k)
Clay Lick Work
Seasonal
changes in clay lick use:
Brightsmith, D. J. 2004. Effects of diet, migration, and breeding on clay
lick use by parrots in Southeastern Peru. Pages 13-14 in Annual Convention
Proceedings 2004, American Federation of Aviculture. American Federation
of Aviculture, San Francisco, CA.
Clay lick soils and parrots: Brightsmith, D. J., and R. Aramburú.
2004. Avian geophagy and soil characteristics in southeastern Peru. Biotropica
36:534-543.
The clay licks of Tambopata
and beyond: the whos, whats, and whys of geophagy. 2002. Espanol
Wet Season Clay Lick Use by Macaws and Parrots 1999-2000. 2000. (Report without figures). Brightsmith, D. and K. Van Houtan.
Macaw Conservation and Natural History
Annual
patterns in clay lick use, abundance and nesting: Brightsmith,
D. J. 2006. The psittacine year: what drives annual cycles in Tambopata's
parrots? Proceedings of the Loro Parque International Parrot Symposium,
Tenerife, Spain.
Blue-and-gold macaw nesting: Brightsmith,
D. J., and A. Bravo. 2006. Ecology and management of nesting Blue-and-yellow
Macaws (Ara ararauna) in Mauritia palm swamps. Biodiversity and
Conservation 15:4271-4287.
Reintroduction of Scarlet Macaws in Peru and Costa Rica: Brightsmith,
D. J., J. Hilburn, A. Del Campo, J. Boyd, M. Frisius, R. Frisius, D. Janik,
and F. Guillén. 2005. The use of hand-raised Psittacines for reintroduction:
a case study of scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in Peru and Costa Rica.
Biological Conservation 121:465 - 472.
Espanol.
Parrot nesting: Brightsmith,
D. J. 2005. Parrot nesting in southeastern Peru: seasonal patterns and
keystone trees. Wilson Bulletin 117:296-305.
Tambopata
Macaw Project Annual Report 2003. Brightsmith, D. J. and A. Figari
Espanol.
The
Tambopata Macaw Project: developing techniques to increase reproductive
success of large macaws. AFA Watchbird 28:24 - 32. Brightsmith, D. J.
2001.
Survival
and reproduction of hand raised macaws. Unpublished report. Brightsmith,
D. J. 2000.
Nest
box design and use. Unpublished report. Brightsmith, D. J. 2000.
Blue-and-gold
Macaws. Unpublished report. Brightsmith, D. J. 2000.
Scarlet Macaw nest box design. Unpublished report. Brightsmith, D. J. 2000.
Work With the Native Community of Infierno
Helping local people value their natural treasures. Johnson, A. and
Brightsmith, D.J. 2003. Psittacine 15(3):5 - 7.
Macaw conservation in the Native Community of Infierno. Unpublished Report. Brightsmith, D. J. 2001.
Nesting In Termite Mounds
Nest
site shifts from tree cavities to termite mounds I:
Brightsmith, D. J. 2005. Competition, predation and nest niche shifts
among tropical cavity nesters: ecological evidence. Journal of Avian Biology
36:74-83.
Nest
site shifts from tree cavities to termite mounds II: Brightsmith,
D. J. 2005. Competition, predation and nest niche shifts among tropical
cavity nesters: phylogeny and natural history evolution of parrots (Psittaciformes)
and trogons (Trogoniformes). Journal of Avian Biology 36:64-73.
Nest sites of termitarium nesting birds: Brightsmith, D. J. 2004.
Nest sites of termitarium nesting birds in SE Peru. Neotropical Ornithology
15:319-330.
Use of arboreal termitaria by nesting birds in the Peruvian Amazon.
Condor 102:529-538. Brightsmith, D. J. 2000.
Termites y la Coexistencia
con Aves Tropicales. Parque Nacional del Manu. En: Xilema. Revista de
los Estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. UNALM. Año
1, No. 1. Brightsmith, D. J. and L. Pautrat. 1998.
The roles of predation and competition in nest niche differentiation: evidence from termitarium nesting parrots and trogons. PhD Dissertation. Department of Zoology. Duke University, Durham, NC. Brightsmith, D. J. 1999. Abstract.
Los roles de la competencia y depredación en los nichos deifferentes de anidación: evidencia de los nidos termiteros de loros y trogones. Pages 62-63. Anales de la Jornada Nacional de Ornitología Calca, Cuzco, Peru. Brightsmith, D. J. 1999.
Brotogeris Parakeets
White-winged Parakeet and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. In The Birds of North America, No. 386-387. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Brightsmith, D. 1999.
Book Reviews
Book review: Handbook of the birds of the world. The Auk 116:1159-1160.
Brightsmith, D. J. 1999.
Book review: Parrots a guide to parrots of the world. The Auk 116: 868-870.
Brightsmith, D. J. 1999.
This is a list of references
I compiled in September 2000 of macaw research in se Peru, clay licks
and general natural history and conservation of macaws and parrots