Hello dear Cockatoo friends of the animated
universe!
First
however we would like to thank the following persons and institutions,
who supported us and made it therefore possible to carry out this study:
Professor
Dr. Wolfgang Boehme, Dr.
Renate van den Elzen from the Zoological Research
Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig, Dr.
Brigitte Schottler, Dipl.-Biol.
Frank Henning, Prof.
Dr. Volkmar Wolters, Mrs.
Pia Fischer, Dr.
Ferdinand Holzinger and Dr.
Klemens Eckschmitt from the Institute for
General and Special Zoology from the University of Giessen,
Priv.
Doz. Dr. Thomas Lubjuhn and Dr.
Bernhard Misof from the Institute for Evolution biology and
Ecology of the University Bonn. For the financial support of our work
we thank the Vereinigung für Artenschutz, Vogelhaltung und Vogelzucht
e.V. (AZ), the Institut für Papageienforschung (IPF) and the Gesellschaft
für Tropenornithologie (GTO). Special
thanks to all museums, zoological gardens, bird and animal parks for their
cooperation: Australia:
Australian Museum, Sydney; Birds in Paradise, Winnelie NT; Taronga
Zoo, Mosman NSW; Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo NSW
We
would like to thank especially Dr. Jack
Giles from the Taronga Zoo, who collected blood samples and helped
us besides to take all regional and supraregional bureaucratic hurdles,
which had to be overcome for the export of the blood samples and Dipl.
Biol. Peter McGrath from the Parrot Breeding and Export Center "
Birds at Paradise " ,who collected for our project blood samples of free-living
Cockatoos in the Northern Territory. Last
but not least we would like to thank Mr.
Roland Wirth, who is the chairmen of the Zoological Society for
the Conservation of Species and Populations. He gave us the idea for this
study.
France:
Le jardin aux Opiseaux, Upie; Espace Zoologique, St. Martin la plaine,
St. Etienne; Parc Zoologique de Cléres; Parc Zoologique et Botanique
Mullhouse
Denmark:
Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen
Netherlands:
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden; Stiching Koninkijk Zoologisch
Genootschap, Veldhoven; Natura Artis Magistra, Amsterdamm
Germany:
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; Zoologische Staatssammlung, München;
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde,
Dresden; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart; Zoologisches
Forschungsinstitut u. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn; Zoo Hannover GmbH,
Hannover; Tiergarten Nürnberg; Tierpark Stralsund; Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen;
Tierpark Dortmund; Zoologischer Garten Berlin; Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde,
Berlin; Vogelpark Marlow; Tiergarten Aue; Tierpark Metelen; Volgelpark
Wiesental, Steinen-Hofen; Tierpark Gettorf; Zoo Dresden; Zoologischer Garten,
Rostock; Mr. Matthias Rheinschmidt und Mr. Marcellus Bürkle, Breeder
from Bühl; Dr. Robert Peters, Breeder from Vilsbiburg; Mr. Heinrich
Engel, Breeder from Neuenhagen; Mr. Herman
Meyns, Breeder from Hamburg
Austria:
Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Wien
Portugal:
Jardim Zoologico E De Aclimacao Em Portugal, Lisboa
Span:
Loro Parque, Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriffa; Parc Zoològic de Barcelona
USA:
National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.; Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago; University of Michigan; California Academy of Science,
San Francisco
England/
Ireland:
Natural History Museum, Tring; Veterinary Mr. Greenwood, Keighley, West
Yorkshire; Twycross Zoo, East Midland; Birdgarden Rode; Colchester Zoo;
Bristol Zoo Garden, Clifton; Marwell Zoological Park, Winchester, Hampshire;
Zoo Dublin, Ireland