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Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet

Overview of attention for article published in Ecology and Evolution, June 2017
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Title
Lazarus ecology: Recovering the distribution and migratory patterns of the extinct Carolina parakeet
Published in
Ecology and Evolution, June 2017
DOI 10.1002/ece3.3135
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Authors

Kevin R. Burgio, Colin J. Carlson, Morgan W. Tingley

Abstract

The study of the ecology and natural history of species has traditionally ceased when a species goes extinct, despite the benefit to current and future generations of potential findings. We used the extinct Carolina parakeet as a case study to develop a framework investigating the distributional limits, subspecific variation, and migratory habits of this species as a means to recover important information about recently extinct species. We united historical accounts with museum collections to develop an exhaustive, comprehensive database of every known occurrence of this once iconic species. With these data, we combined species distribution models and ordinal niche comparisons to confront multiple conjectured hypotheses about the parakeet's ecology with empirical data on where and when this species occurred. Our results demonstrate that the Carolina parakeet's range was likely much smaller than previously believed, that the eastern and western subspecies occupied different climatic niches with broad geographical separation, and that the western subspecies was likely a seasonal migrant while the eastern subspecies was not. This study highlights the novelty and importance of collecting occurrence data from published observations on extinct species, providing a starting point for future investigations of the factors that drove the Carolina parakeet to extinction. Moreover, the recovery of lost autecological knowledge could benefit the conservation of other parrot species currently in decline and would be crucial to the success of potential de-extinction efforts for the Carolina parakeet.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 18%
Researcher 9 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 15%
Student > Master 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 10 18%
Unknown 8 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 33 60%
Environmental Science 7 13%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 10 18%
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