Physical attractiveness, constraints to the trade and handling requirements drive the variation in species availability in the Australian cagebird trade
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- 作者：Miquel Vall-llosera ; mvallosera@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Phillip Cassey phill.cassey@adelaide.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Biological invasions ; Cage birds ; CITES ; Ethnozoology ; Pet trade ; Phylogenetic generalized least squares ; Propagule pressure
- 刊名：Ecological Economics
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：131
- 期：Complete
- 页码：407-413
- 全文大小：457 K
文摘
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55.2% of all bird species present in the Australian cagebird trade are alien species.
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Price and abundance are inversely correlated for Australian finch species in the domestic trade.
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Smaller and drabber birds tend to be less expensive than larger more colourful birds.
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Native Australian birds, and species easier to trade and keep, tend to be cheaper.