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Status of the Saker Falcon in Hungary between 1980 and 2022

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023
There is limited data available about the status of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Hungary before 1980. According to available sources, the species was a regular breeder in several habitat types, but was not common in the late 19th and early 20th ...
Janos Bagyura   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Preliminary Evaluation of a Tris-Based Extender for the Semen Examination Procedure in a Hybrid Falcon (Falco rusticolus × Falco cherrug) [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Veterinary Medicine
Artificial insemination (AI) plays an important role in threatened raptor species conservation, as well as in falconry for commercial purposes. There is still a need to identify a suitable extender that maintains an adequate environment for sperm ...
Miranda Govoni   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Maxent modeling for predicting the spatial distribution of three raptors in the Sanjiangyuan National Park, China [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2019
Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), and Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) are three common large raptors in the Sanjiangyuan National Park (SNP), China's first national park.
Jingjie Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Root causes of the decreasing in numbers of the Saker Falcon and ways of its decision within the Saker Falcon Global Action Plan in Russia and Kazakhstan

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2015
This report summarizes information on factors impacting on the decrease in numbers of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Russia and Kazakhstan and analyses conditions в of the Global Action Plan that are aimed at neutralization of these factors to ...
Elvira G. Nikolenko   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Risk assessment in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae): intensity of behavioral response differs with predator species [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Ecology, 2020
Background The ability of a prey species to assess the risk that a predator poses can have important fitness advantages for the prey species. To better understand predator–prey interactions, more species need to be observed to determine how prey ...
Wanrong Wei   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Artificial nests for the Saker Falcon in mountainous steppes of Southern Siberia – platforms or nestboxes?

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2022
Installing artificial nests is a widely used method of managing wild bird populations around the world that allows to increase their numbers and/or productivity and breeding success.
Igor V. Karyakin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontogenetic changes in the live weight of Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) chicks during the artificial feeding from hatching to transferring

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica, 2022
The dynamics of changes in the live weight of saker falcon (Falco cherrug) chicks in the early postnatal period and the comparison of the growth energy of chicks of different morphometric groups during artificial feeding from hatching to transferring ...
Sergey I. Snigirev, Lidiya B. Mendel
doaj   +1 more source

An Adaptive Management Framework Concept for the Sustainable Use of the Saker Falcon

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023
The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as Globally Endangered. It breeds across continental middle latitudes, with its range spanning over 7,000 km from Central Europe to Western ...
Andras Kovacs   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcription-associated mutation promotes RNA complexity in highly expressed genes - a major new source of selectable variation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Alternatively spliced transcript isoforms are thought to play a critical role for functional diversity. However, the mechanism generating the enormous diversity of spliced transcript isoforms remains unknown, and its biological significance remains ...
Bruford, Michael W.   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

The effect of developmental stage on eggshell thickness variation in endangered falcons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We compared eggshell thickness of hatched eggs with that of non-developed eggs in endangered falcon taxa to explore the effect of embryo development on eggshell thinning.
Castilla, Aurora M.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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