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Literature Cited for Proposed Listing of Hyacinth Macaw Hyacinth Macaw Literature Cited Abramson, J., B.L. Speer, and J.B. Thomsen. 1995. The Large Macaws: Their care, breeding, and conservation. Raintree Publications. Fort Bragg, California. Allgayer, M.C., N.M.R. Guedes, C. Chiminazzo, M. Cziulik, and T.A. Weimer. 2009. Clinical Pathology and Parasitologic Evaluation of Free-Living Nestlings of the Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(4): 972–981. Antas, P.T.Z., L.A. Carrara, and R.S. Yabe. 2006. Radio tracking adult Hyacinth Macaws in the Pantanal, central Brazil. Journal of Ornithology 147: 128–129. Arima, E.Y. and C. Uhl. 1997. Ranching in the Brazilian Amazon in a National Context: Economics, Policy, and Practice. Society & Natural Resources 10: 433–451. Barona, E., N. Ramankutty, G. Hyman, and O.T. Coomes. 2010. The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon. Environmental Research Letters 5: 1–10. 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