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Inventario de avifauna del norte de Entre Ríos, Argentina: registros notables y perspectivas de conservación [PDF]
, 2018 Biodiversity inventories remain fundamental tools for biodiversity conservation. Neotropical biota has poor faunal inventories. In Argentina, the avifauna of the province of Entre Ríos is still not well known.
Dardanelli, Sebastián +2 more
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Responses of turkey vultures to unmanned aircraft systems vary by platform
Scientific Reports, 2021 A challenge that conservation practitioners face is manipulating behavior of nuisance species. The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) can cause substantial damage to aircraft if struck.
Morgan B. Pfeiffer +7 more
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The shapes of bird beaks are highly controlled by nondietary factors [PDF]
, 2016 Bird beaks are textbook examples of ecological adaptation to diet, but their shapes are also controlled by genetic and developmental histories. To test the effects of these factors on the avian craniofacial skeleton, we conducted morphometric analyses on
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2013 The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates.
Caroline Demo +3 more
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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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Non-leucistic aberrations in the plumage of birds from Nayarit, Mexico
Huitzil, 2018 Abnormalities in the plumage are caused by multiple environmental and genetic factors. Plumage aberrations have been reported in Mexico, but all have been classified as leucistic (white color due to a recessive gene).
David Molina +6 more
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Seroepidemiologic Survey of Potential Pathogens in Obligate and Facultative Scavenging Avian Species in California. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Throughout the world, populations of scavenger birds are declining rapidly with some populations already on the brink of extinction. Much of the current research into the factors contributing to these declines has focused on exposure to drug residues ...
Mary H Straub +6 more
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Aves vulnerables a colisionar contra torres eólicas en Rivas, Nicaragua, antes de su construcción
El Higo, 2021 Se aplicó un Índice de Vulnerabilidad de Aves (IVA) y Mapa de Vulnerabilidad Potencial (MVP) para determinar cuáles son las especies de aves más susceptibles a colisionar con torres eólicas y los sitios con mayor riesgo, en una central eólica al sur de ...
José Manuel Zolotoff Pallais
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A new fossil vulture (Cathartidae: Cathartes) from Quaternary asphalt and cave deposits in Cuba
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 2020 Summary. A new small fossil species of vulture from Quaternary asphalt and cave deposits in western Cuba is described herein. Some specimens of this taxon are the smallest known in the genus Cathartes, including the modern Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture C.
W. Suárez, S. Olson
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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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