, 2016 Black and turkey vultures cause problems in several ways. The most common problems associated with vultures are structural damage, loss of aesthetic value and property use related to offensive odors and appearance, depredation to livestock and pets, and ...
Avery, Michael L., Lowney, Martin S.
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Apparent Tolerance Of Turkey Vultures (\u3ci\u3eCathartes Aura\u3c/i\u3e) To The Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Diclofenac [PDF]
, 2008 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
Gasper, Grace +8 more
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Isotopic ordering in eggshells reflects body temperatures and suggests differing thermophysiology in two Cretaceous dinosaurs [PDF]
, 2015 Our understanding of the evolutionary transitions leading to the modern endothermic state of birds and mammals is incomplete, partly because tools available to study the thermophysiology of extinct vertebrates are limited.
Cerling, Thure E. +13 more
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Vulture flight behavior driven by uplift availability at local and continental scales [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding how animals move in response to their environment is a fundamental question in ecology. Soaring species, which rely on environmentally generated uplift to forage and migrate, should be especially sensitive to changing weather and climatic ...
Mallon, Julie
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Estudio sobre peligro aviario: Análisis del riesgo de impactos entre aves y aeronaves en el Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto C. Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2011 El peligro aviario es el riesgo de coliciones entre aves y aeronaves. Para reducir ese peligro es necesario entender la naturaleza de las aves que habitan dentro y alrededor del aeropuerto y clasificarlas numericamente en base a la peligrosidad que ...
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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF LATE QUATERNARY EXTINCT BIRDS OF CUBA [PDF]
, 2019 · Within the Antilles, Cuba has a peculiarly diverse fossil avifauna. However, information on this avifauna is scattered among the specialized literature. Here I provide an updated annotated taxonomic list of the fossil birds from Cuba.
Orihuela, Johanset
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Bridging Evolutionary History and Conservation of New World Vultures. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Cortés-Díaz D +4 more
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Vulture Scavenging of Pig Remains at Varying Grave Depths [PDF]
, 2020 Vulture Scavenging of Pig Remains at Varying Grave DepthsFrom November 2012 to January 2013, four pig carcasses (Sus scrofa) were buried at varying shallow grave depths at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at Texas State University–San Marcos ...
Klein, Aryn A.
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Preliminary studies on the impact of the urbanization of the piemonte of Mendoza on the wild avifauna [PDF]
, 2017 Fil: Gómez, Viviana. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas .Fil: Faggi, Ana.Fil: Martínez Carretero, Eduardo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas
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