Scientific publications
Most recent works
The illegal trade of wild birds in a social network: A call for action from Argentina
2025 - López, F.G., Rebollo, M.E., Santillán, M.A., Berkunsky, I., Cooper, N.W., Tella, J.L., Grande, J.M
Ornithological Applications 127, duaf012
Illegal and legal trade
The hidden dimension of poaching: a novel survey method shows that local demand for pets largely outnumbers domestic and international trade of Neotropical parrots
2025 - Romero-Vidal, P., Rojas, A., Herrera, M., Hiraldo, F., Díaz, J.A., Blanco, G., Carrete, M., Tella, J.L
Biological Conservation 303, 111029
Illegal and legal trade, Research methods
Habitat protection alone is insufficient: Costa Rican parrots thrive in altered landscapes but remain vulnerable to poaching
2025 - Romero-Vidal, P., Barbosa, J.M, Blanco, G., Hiraldo, F., Carrete, M., Tella, J.L
Diversity and Distributions
Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges
DRC war halts biodiversity research
2025 - Romero-Vidal P, Flores L, Kaleme P, Nishuli R, Tella J.L
Nature Sustainability
Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges
The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: an overlooked risk for human, livestock, and wildlife health
2024 - Romero-Vidal, P., Blanco, G., Barbosa, J.M., Carrete, M., Hiraldo, F., Pacífico, E.C., Rojas, A., Bermúdez-Cavero, A.O., Díaz-Luque, J.A., León-Pérez, R.L., Tella, J.L
People and Nature 6: 1023–1035
Illegal and legal trade, Physiology and diseases
Poaching sources and trade routes in Peru and Ecuador warn of the unsustainable rural demand for preferred parrot species
2023 - Romero-Vidal, P., Toledo-Gonzalez, B., Bunn, L., Blanco, G., Hiraldo, F., Bermúdez, A.O., Carrete, M., Tella, J.L
Conservation Science and Practice e12936
Illegal and legal trade
Confounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries
2022 - Romero-Vidal, P., Carrete, M., Hiraldo, F., Blanco, G., Tella, J.L
Animals, 12:1244
Illegal and legal trade
Ecology and conservation of parrots in their native and non-native ranges
2022 - Tella, J.L., Blanco, G., Carrete, M. (Eds.)
MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 431 pp
Ecological functions, Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges, Other conservation threats, Non-native populations, Breeding and population ecology, Population genetics, Physiology and diseases, Research methods
Drivers of alien species composition in bird markets across the world
2022 - Su, S., Vall-llosera, M., Carrete, M., Blackburn, T.M., Cassey, P. and Tella, J.L
Ecology and Evolution 12: e8397
Illegal and legal trade
A Literature Synthesis of Actions to Tackle Illegal Parrot Trade
2021 - Sánchez-Mercado, A., Ferrer-Paris, J.R., Rodríguez, J.P., Tella, J.L
Diversity 13: 191
Illegal and legal trade
The world parrot trade
2021 - Cardador, L., Abellán, P., Anadón, J.D., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M
In: Naturalized Parrots of the World (Ed. S. Pruett-Jones). Cambridge University Press
Illegal and legal trade
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2020 - Mori, E., Cardador, L., Reino, L., White, R. L., Hernández-Brito, D., Le Louarn, M., Mentil, L., Edelaar, P., Pârâu, L. G., Nikolov, B. P., & Menchetti, M. (
Lovebirds in the air: trade patterns, establishment success and niche shifts of Agapornis parrots within their non-native range. Biological Invasions, 22(2), 421–435
Illegal and legal trade, Non-native populations
Opportunistic or Non-random Wildlife Crime?
2020 - Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F., Rosetto, F., Blanco, G., Carrete, M. and Tella, J.L
Attractiveness rather than Abundances in the Wild Leads to Selective Parrot Poaching. Diversity 12, 314
Illegal and legal trade, Research methods
The European trade ban on wild birds reduced invasion risks
2019 - Cardador, L., Tella, J.L., Anadón, J.D., Abellán, P., Carrete, M
Conservation Letters 12: e12631
Illegal and legal trade, Non-native populations
Trends in legal and illegal trade of wild birds: a global assessment based on expert knowledge
2019 - Ribeiro, J., Reino, L., Schindler, S., Strubbe, D., Vall-llosera, M., Bastos Araújo, M, Capinha, C., Carrete, M., Mazzoni, S., Monteiro, M., Moreira, F., Rocha, R., Tella, J.L., Vaz, A.S., Vicente, J., Nuno, A
Biodiviersity Conservation 28, 3343-3369
Illegal and legal trade
Cities may save some threatened species but not their ecological functions
2018 - Luna, A., Romero-Vidal, P., Hiraldo, F., Tella, J.L
PeerJ 6: e4908
Ecological functions, Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges
Regional bans on wild-bird trade modify invasion risks at a global scale
2017 - Cardador, L., Lattuada, M., Strubbe, D., Tella, J.L., Reino, L., Figueira, R., Carrete, M
Conservation Letters 10: 717-725
Illegal and legal trade, Non-native populations
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2017 - 185.Berkunsky I, Quillfeldt P, Brightsmith DJ, Abbud MC, Aguilar JMRE, Alemán U, Aramburú RM, Arce Arias A, Balas McNab R, Balsby TJS, Barredo Barberena JM, Beissinger SR, Benito de Franco MR, Berg KS, Bianchi CA, Blanco E,Bodrati A, Bonilla Ruz C, Botero-Delgadillo E, Canavelli SB, Caparroz R,Cepeda RE, Chassot O, Cinta CC, Cockle K, Daniele G, de Araujo CB, deBarbosa AE, de Moura LN, Del Castillo H, Díaz S, Díaz-Luque JA, Douglas L, Figueroa Rodríguez A, García-Anleu R, Gilardi JD, Grilli PG, Guix JC, Hernández M, Hernández-Muñoz A, Hiraldo F, Horstman E, Ibarra Portillo R, Isacch JP, Jiménez JE, Joyner L, Juarez M, Kacoliris FP, Kanaan VT, Klemann-Júnior L, Latta SC, Lee ATK, Lesterhuis A, Lezama-López M, Lugarini C, Marateo G, Marinelli CB, Martínez J, McReynolds MS, Mejia Urbina CR, Monge-Arias G, Monterrubio-Rico TC, Nunes AP, Nunes FdP, Olaciregui C, Ortega-Arguelles J, Pacifico E, Pagano L, Politi N, Ponce-Santizo G, Portillo Reyes HO, Prestes NP, Presti F, Renton K, Reyes-Macedo G, Ringler E, Rivera L, Rodríguez-Ferraro, A, Rojas AA, Rojas-Llanos RE, Rubio-Rocha YG, Saidenberg ABS, Salinas-Melgoza A, Sanz V, Schaefer HM, Scherer-Neto P, Seixas GHF, Silveira LF, Sipinski EAB, Somenzari M, Susanibar D, Tella JL, Torres-Sovero C, Vargas-Rodríguez R, Vázquez-Reyes LD, White Jr TH, Williams S, Zarza R & JF Masello (
Current threats faced byNeotropical parrot populations. Biological Conservation 214: 278-287
Illegal and legal trade, Habitat challenges, Other conservation threats
Spatial, temporal and age sources of variation in parrot poaching in Bolivia
2016 - Pires, S. Herrera, M., Tella, J.L
Bird Conservation International 26: 293-306
Illegal and legal trade
Illegal and legal parrot trade shows a long-term, cross-cultural preference for the most attractive species increasing their risk of extinction
2014 - Tella, J.L., Hiraldo, F
PLoS ONE 9 (9), e107546
Illegal and legal trade
The unknown extent of ancient bird introductions
2011 - Tella, J.L
Ardeola 58: 399-404
Illegal and legal trade, Non-native populations