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Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures

open access: yesScientific 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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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy

open access: yesZoologia (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
doaj   +1 more source

Notes on vultures (Cathartidae) in Paraguay with a supporting bibliography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Paraguay is often overlooked by ornithological researchers as much of its literature is obscure, hard to find or published locally. This is equally true of Cathartid vultures.
Smith, Paul
core   +2 more sources

Seroepidemiologic Survey of Potential Pathogens in Obligate and Facultative Scavenging Avian Species in California. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Cathartes aura

open access: yes, 2018
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) Records. Table 3. Turkey vulture individuals were identified by size, shape, and color pattern (Fig. 12). The body feathers were mostly brownish-black, but the flight feathers on the wings were silvery-gray underneath, contrasting with the darker wing linings. The head was small in proportion to the body and red in color
Fischer, Wagner   +2 more
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

Embryonic exposure of chicken chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) leads to heightened sensitivities towards the exposed scent [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In chickens, food consumption can be altered by exposing the chicks to scents as embryos. We exposed eggs to an orange-scented food additive in the final days of incubation. Following hatching, we tested these exposed chicks’ ability to detect this scent
Cunningham, Gregory B., Hughes, Ryan
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Soaring migratory birds avoid wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
The number of wind farms operating in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico, has rapidly increased in recent years; yet, this region serves as a major migration route for various soaring birds, including Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) and ...
Rafael Villegas-Patraca   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating Storms: Examining Vultures’ Behavior in Response to Extreme Weather Events

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes have been found to change the spatial and temporal abundance of raptors by decreasing survival and forcing the emigration of individuals, or by increasing habitat heterogeneity and facilitating ...
Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez, Scott A. Rush
doaj   +1 more source

A case of predation of an Eurasian Eagle Owl by a Bonelli's eagle. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although some of these hypotheses are not mutually exclusive, in light of our field observations and experience with both species in the study area, we would favor the first hypothesis as food availability is low in our study area (P.
García Ripollés, Clara   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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