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更好地管理和保护北美黑头美洲鹫需要基于科学的指导方针 [PDF]

open access: diamondWildlife Letters, 2023
Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) provide invaluable ecological services through disposal of carrion and the mobilization of energy within the landscape.
Scott A. Rush   +8 more
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Fine-scale assessment of home ranges and activity patterns for resident black vultures (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura). [PDF]

open access: goldPLoS ONE, 2017
Knowledge of black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) spatial ecology is surprisingly limited despite their vital ecological roles.
Amanda E Holland   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Factors influencing the selection of communal roost sites by the Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (Aves: Cathartidae) in an urban area in Central Amazon [PDF]

open access: goldZoologia (Curitiba), 2013
Increasing populations of the Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) and the capacity this bird has to live near humans has resulted in vulture-human conflicts.
Weber G. Novaes, Renato Cintra
doaj   +2 more sources

The presence of black vultures at the calving sites and its effects on cows’ and calves’ behaviour immediately following parturition

open access: hybridAnimal, 2013
Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are often present near calving sites, and under this situation they may play a positive role by removing animal carcasses and afterbirth or a negative role by attacking neonate calves or disturbing cow–calf behaviours ...
L.M. Toledo   +5 more
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More massive but potentially less healthy: black vultures feeding in rubbish dumps differed in clinical and biochemical parameters with wild feeding birds [PDF]

open access: goldPeerJ, 2018
Background Organic waste is one of the most important anthropogenic food subsidies used by different species. However, there is little information about the health impact that rubbish dumps produce on species foraging in these sites.
Pablo Ignacio Plaza   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Family Associations in Communally Roosting Black Vultures

open access: greenThe Auk, 1986
Abstract Observations of marked individuals in a partially marked population of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) show that immediate family members maintain close contact throughout the year. Associations between mates and between parents and offspring are primarily responsible for this.
P PARKER RABENOLD
openaire   +3 more sources

Vultures in the southeastern United States ingest more plastic in landscapes with more developed landcover

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionPlastics are found in ecosystems worldwide and can have widespread impacts on organisms and the environment. Cathartid vultures, including the black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), have adapted to urbanized
Hannah C. Partridge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution and abundance of wintering raptors in the Korean peninsula [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ecology and Environment, 2013
The purpose of this study is to examine distribution and abundance of wintering raptors in Korea during 2000-2007 which is a rare data set for covering large landscape areas. Total 6,643 raptors of 16 species were recorded at 94 different points in west,
Sang-don Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Raptors Mortality in Northwest Rajasthan, India (2017–2022)

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023
A major contributing factor in declining populations of vultures is believed to be the widespread use of drugs such as Diclofenac, once commonly-used as a livestock anti-inflammatory drug. Use of Diclofenac is now banned in India.
Dau L. Bohra, Maha S. Rao
doaj   +1 more source

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