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Worldwide patterns in species richness of falconiformes: analytical null models, geometric constraints, and the mid-domain effect Padrões mundiais de riqueza de espécies de Falconiformes: modelos nulos analíticos, restrições geométricas e o efeito do domínio médio

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2004
Recently, the hypothesis that the geographic distribution of species could be influenced by the shape of the domain edges, the so-called Mid-Domain Effect (MDE), has been included as one of the five credible hypotheses for explaining spatial gradients in
T. F. L.V. B. Rangel, J. A. F. Diniz-filho   +1 more
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Falco sparverius (Aves: Falconiformes) preying upon Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2012
In Brazil, there are two published references on the diet of American kestrel falcons, Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758, and one is for the Cerrado biome. The only mammal prey so far found in the diet of F.
Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar, Adarene Motta, Carlos Esberárd   +2 more
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Hard tick infestation of birds of prey (Aves: Accipitriformes, Strigiformes, Falconiformes) in the Western Palearctic: New data and literature review

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Tick infestation of songbirds has been extensively studied at global and regional scales but relevant data on birds of prey remain scarce and fragmentary.
Andor Pitó, Attila D. Sándor, Márton Horváth, Szilvia Pásztory-Kovács, Boyan Milchev, Sándor Koleszár, Előd Győrig, Calin Gherman, Benedek Juhász, Lili Sztrehárszki, Attila Mórocz, Gergő Keve, Paulina Lesiczka, Tim Warbroek, Tijs J.M. van den Bosch, Nóra Takács, Jenő Kontschán, Sándor Hornok   +17 more
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Birds of Prey at the International Airport "Strigino", Russia

Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2016
In this article we discuss the seasonal dynamics and population density of Birds of Prey at the Nizhniy Novgorod International airport “Strigino”, based on data collected from November, 2013 to November, 2014.
Nadezhda E. Kolesova, Svetlana V. Strizhova   +1 more
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Use of black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in complementary and alternative therapies for cancer in Colombia: A qualitative study

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2012
Background Although Coragyps atratus has been used as a traditional therapy for patients with cancer, the scientific literature does not contain enough information on how this therapy is used or the mechanisms that explain this therapeutic practice ...
Sánchez-Pedraza Ricardo, Gamba-Rincón Magda R, González-Rangel Andrés L   +2 more
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Tinamiformes - Falconiformes

, 1998
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Abundancia relativa de rapaces diurnas en la ciudad de sincelejo, sucre, colombia

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2011
Se calculó la abundancia relativa para las cinco especies de rapaces diurnas detectadas en la zona urbana de la ciudad de Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia. Mediante observaciones en cinco transectos lineales con una longitud media de 2.500 m, conducidos entre ...
ALEJANDRO DE LA OSSA-LACAYO, JAIME DE LA OSSA V   +1 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the national bird of Peru: Rupicola peruvianus (Aves, Passeriformes, Cotingidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Rupicola peruvianus Latham, known as the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock or locally as Tunqui, is distributed in the Andean cloud forests of South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
Danilo E. Bustamante, Jeffery R. Hughey, Jani E. Mendoza, Daniel Tineo, Jhordy Perez, Manuel Oliva, Santos Leiva, Martha S. Calderon   +7 more
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Taxonomic status of Cyathostoma nematodes (Nematoda: Syngaminae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds of prey and owls in Europe and North America: how many species are there?

Helminthologia, 2016
So far, the identity of Cyathostoma (Hovorkonema) nematodes collected from respiratory tracts of birds of prey (Accipitriformes, Falconiformes) and owls (Strigiformes) in Europe and North America is extremely inconsistent.
Kanarek G., Zaleśny G., Sitko J., Blanco A. I.   +3 more
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Adaptive nesting and diet data of the Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) in southern Brazil

Acta Zoológica Lilloana
This note reports the nesting of M. semitorquatus inside a human construction, adding new data on its breeding behavior and diet at the southern limit of its distribution.
José Paulo Souto Dias, Dante Andres Meller, Carlos Benhur Kasper   +2 more
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