Hi,
we decided to go back to our origins and relaunched the Parrot Researchers Group. The mission of the Parrot Researchers Group (PRG; formerly known also as Working Group Psittaciformes or as Research Coordination Committee on Parrots) group is to establish and promote research needs and priorities, with particular attention to regional conservation strategies to the parrots of the world. To achieve this, the PRG
1) Promotes parrot research,
2) Establishes research needs and priorities, with particular attention to regional conservation strategies,
3) Identifies and addresses barriers to effective research and conservation of parrots (Psittaciformes).
The PRG is characterised by a regional approach, being organised in four regions (African, Australasian, Neotropical, and Indo-Malayan), a Wild Parrot Veterinary Section, and a Secretary Office that coordinates joint work.
You can read more about our specific objectives in our homepage:
http://groups.google.com/group/parrot-specialist-group
or in the attachment.
We (405 members to date) are currently looking for more researchers to join the group. If you are interested, please, get in touch with me or any of the regional coordinators.
Any questions?
Looking forward to work together.
All the best, JUAN
Dr. Juan F. Masello
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Personal information, projects and publications
http://www.uni-giessen.de/masello
Burrowing Parrots & behavioural ecology
http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gf1702
Penguins & energy landscapes
https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12983-017-0219-8
Prions & evolution
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msz090/5480301
The Alliance of World Scientists
http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/signatories