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Benítez Saldívar, María Juliana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-3185
Miño, Carolina Isabel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9098-583X
Massoni, Viviana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-4049
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (11220130100342CO, 4370/2012, 10520120101473/2012)
Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (20020130100772BA)
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Article History
Received: 12 February 2019
Accepted: 10 July 2019
First Online: 26 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
: All the field work of this study followed the Guidelines for Ethical Research on Laboratory and Farm Animals and Wildlife Species of the ConsejoNacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina (CONICET, Resolution No. 1047 ANNEX II, 2005). All methods employed related to capturing, handling, and banding of the birds comply with the guidelines of the Dirección de Flora y Fauna (Buenos Aires province, Argentina) and the Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research (Fair et al.;). Specific permits to handle the birds were obtained from the Dirección de Flora y Fauna de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (permits No. 142/2013, 153/2014 and 65/2015). No animals were harmed during capture, and neither anesthesia nor euthanasia was required. The field studies did not involve endangered or protected species.
