The composition and dynamics of the diet of the Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in the Talysh region of Azerbaijan [PDF]
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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Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture
Avian ResearchOlfactory receptors (ORs), the largest vertebrate multigene family, exhibit wide copy number variation among taxa, ranging from ∼100 to 4000. The ecological importance of smell has been suggested to positively correlate with OR gene number, though debate
Joni E. Wright +3 more
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Frontiers 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
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Distribution and abundance of wintering raptors in the Korean peninsula [PDF]
Journal 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
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Wildlife 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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Raptors Mortality in Northwest Rajasthan, India (2017–2022)
Пернатые 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
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The mechanisms of color production in black skin versus red skin on the heads of New World vultures
Avian Research, 2023 A determination of how the color of animal integument is produced is a starting point for investigations into the function and evolution of coloration. The mechanisms that give rise to the color of bare skin of New World vultures are largely unexplored ...
Nicholas M. Justyn +5 more
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Evolution of the vulture population on a Mediterranean island. The Sardinian instance (Italy) [PDF]
, 2020 On the Italian island of Sardinia at the beginning of the 20th century there was still an established population of the Bearded Vulture (about 35 pairs), Black Vulture (about 150 pairs) and the Griffon Vulture was “very common”.
Group, Sardinian Ornithological +1 more
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Evidencias arqueológicas del buitre negro (Aegypius monachus) en la protohistoria del noreste de la Península Ibérica. El caso del Serrat dels Espinyers (Isona, Pallars Jussà, Lérida) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023 El estudio de 16 huesos de una gran ave ha permitido identificar un ejemplar adulto de buitre negro (Aegypius monachus) hallado en el interior de un silo ibérico del Serrat dels Espinyers en el Prepirineo de Lérida, aproximadamente contemporáneo a la ...
Silvia Albizuri +3 more
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Vulture populations in Uganda : using road survey data to measure both densities and encounter rates within protected and unprotected areas [PDF]
, 2015 The cost of field work was generously covered by The Peregrine Fund (USA) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK).Six out of seven vulture species whose global ranges lie largely or wholly within Africa are listed as globally threatened ...
Ogada, D.L. +5 more
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