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In December 2018, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court convicted seven members of a criminal group under Part 3, Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for illegal hunting and trafficking of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus).
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
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Avian influenza annual report 2023. [PDF]
Abstract All European Union (EU) Member States (MSs), along with Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), conduct surveillance for avian influenza (AI) in poultry and wild birds. EFSA, upon mandate of the European Commission, compiles and analyses this data in an annual report.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +9 more
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Events 2nd Ornithological Congress of the Americas will be held in Gramado, Brazil in August 1-4, 2023. Twelfth Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) will be held in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) in November 28–30 2023.
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
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In October 2015 the falcons smuggling channel was stopped near Moscow. In November 2015 at the Vnukovo airport (Moscow), two natives of Syria were detained with the mainour during the transportation of 8 Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) and four thousand ...
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
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This article was prepared according on the analysis of the situation with the poaching and smuggling of falcons (Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus, Saker Falcon F. cherrug and Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus) in Russia and near abroad countries in 2016–2017. The
Elvira G. Nikolenko
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Effect of the MC1R gene on sexual dimorphism in melanin-based colorations. [PDF]
Variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene result in abrupt, naturally selected colour morphs. These genetic variants may differentially affect sexual dimorphism if one morph is naturally selected in the two sexes but another morph is naturally ...
Béziers, P. +6 more
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We used sedimentary ancient DNA shotgun metagenomics to reconstruct past bird communities in northern high‐latitude environments. By using long time series and data collected across a large environmental gradient, we contributed in a unique and explorative way to the understanding of palaeoecological dynamics between birds and their habitat on the ...
M. M. Sander +5 more
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Behavioural responses of a gamebird to human encounters across the hunting season
We examined the behavioural adaptation of rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta in response to human encounters across the hunting season. We conducted disturbance experiments in two different parts of the species' range, in subarctic (Iceland) and in alpine (Italy) habitats.
Farina Sooth +2 more
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