Unrelenting spread of the alien monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus in Israel. Is it time to sound the alarm?

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• 作者：Jose-Luis Postigo ; Assaf Shwartz ; Diederik Strubbe and Antonio-Romá ; n Muñ ; oz
• 刊名：Pest Management Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：73
• 期：2
• 页码：349-353
• 全文大小：167K
• ISSN：1526-4998

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Monk parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus Boddaert, are native to South America but have established populations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. They are claimed to act as agricultural pests in their native range, and their communal stick nests may damage human infrastructure. Although several monk parakeet populations are present in the Mediterranean Basin and temperate Europe, little empirical data are available on their population size and growth, distribution and potential impact. We investigated the temporal and spatial dynamics of monk parakeets in Israel to assess their invasion success and potential impact on agriculture.