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Ecosphere, 2019 As carrion feeders competing for a limited and ephemeral resource, avian scavengers are ideal model organisms to study mechanisms of niche partitioning.
Michael E Byrne +2 more
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2008 Abstract The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac is extremely toxic to Old World Gyps vultures (median lethal dose ∼0.1–0.2 mg/kg), evoking visceral gout, renal necrosis, and mortality within a few days of exposure. Unintentional secondary poisoning of vultures that fed upon carcasses of diclofenac-treated livestock decimated ...
Barnett A. Rattner +8 more
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Facial caruncles in Jamaican Turkey Vultures (<em>Cathartes aura</em>)
The journal of Caribbean ornithology, 2019 : The resident Turkey Vultures of Jamaica and the Greater Antilles have long been assigned to the nominate subspecies (Cathartes aura aura) based on wing and tail length of museum specimens.
Gary R. Graves
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Observations of leucistic Turkey Vultures (<em>Cathartes aura</em>) in Jamaica
The journal of Caribbean ornithology, 2018 : While censusing for the Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in the Cockpit Country and Blue Mountain regions of Jamaica, we observed six unique leucistic Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) across 634 standardized point counts.
John M. Zeiger +2 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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Does solar irradiation drive community assembly of vulture plumage microbiotas? [PDF]
Anim Microbiome, 2020 Background Stereotyped sunning behaviour in birds has been hypothesized to inhibit keratin-degrading bacteria but there is little evidence that solar irradiation affects community assembly and abundance of plumage microbiota.
Graves GR +5 more
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The role of olfaction in food location by the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
Contributions in science, 1964 Kenneth E. Stager
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The Journal of raptor research. Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) are opportunistic scavengers that provide essential ecosystem services, yet their populations face multiple, potentially synergistic health threats.
Kerry Schutten +5 more
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The Role of Olfaction in Food Location by the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Kenneth E. Stager [PDF]
The Auk, 1965 Alexander Wetmore
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