Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Recent increases in turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and black vulture (Coragyps atratus) populations in North America have been attributed in part to their success adapting to human-modified landscapes.
Jacob E. Hill +7 more
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Taphonomic signatures of early scavenging by black and turkey vultures. [PDF]
PLoS ONEScavenging is critical for nutrient cycling and maintenance of healthy ecosystems. While there is substantial research into the identification of taphonomic signatures from facultative mammalian scavengers, early stage scavenging signatures by vultures ...
Marian L Wahl +7 more
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Population Viability and Conservation Strategies for the Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Southeast Europe [PDF]
Animals, 2021 The Eurasian Black Vulture is a globally threatened raptor that in Southeast Europe only occurs in an isolated population in Greece. We examined the population viability for the species under demographic fluctuations and conservation scenarios.
Kyriakos G. Dimitriou +5 more
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Evaluation of a Multimodal Anesthetic Protocol for Immobilization in Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesAnesthetic protocols for non-invasive immobilization of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) for procedures lasting up to two hours are lacking.
Alejandro Vargas Araya +6 more
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Lymphoma in 2 black vultures. [PDF]
J Vet Diagn InvestVultures have suffered a drastic population decline mainly due to poisoning and traumatic lesions; neoplastic diseases in these birds are rarely documented. Here we describe the clinical and pathologic findings of lymphoma in 2 free-ranging black vultures ( Coragyps atratus ).
Santos IR +11 more
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Urban Green Spaces Set the Stage for Rare Interspecific Allopreening Between Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) and Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUrban green spaces and wildlife corridors provide unique opportunities to observe how animals adapt and interact in human‐dominated landscapes. In San Antonio, Texas, both adjacent to and within the Phil Hardberger Park and the Robert L.B.
Lori Boies +2 more
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Vulture dominance in a scavenger assemblage in the Neotropical dry forest [PDF]
Scientific ReportsScientific knowledge of vertebrate scavenging communities has increased over the last decades. However, there is a lack of information on the Neotropics.
Paul Monar-Barragán +8 more
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Fast food: GPS tracking reveals behavior-specific habitat selection and cattle farm subsidies of three sympatric neotropical vulture species [PDF]
Movement EcologyUnderstanding species responses to anthropogenic disturbance is fundamental to ecology and conservation. However, behaviour and inter-individual variation in habitat selection can complicate our understanding of population-level responses to human ...
Christopher Beirne +11 more
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Efficacy of an inflatable deterrent for reducing New World vulture human-wildlife conflict [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIncreasing urbanization coupled with spatial expansion and numerical increase of New World vulture populations has engendered a rise in human-vulture conflict, creating a need for effective tools to mitigate vulture-related damage.
Bryan M. Kluever +3 more
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Вісник Харківського Національного Університету Імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Біологія, 2021 The composition and dynamics of the diet of the Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus L., 1766) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus Hablizl, 1783) were studied in the Talysh region of Azerbaijan in 2014-2016.
S. Rajabova, T. Karimov
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