Anatomical evidence for scent guided foraging in the turkey vulture [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is a widespread, scavenging species in the Western Hemisphere that locates carrion by smell. Scent guided foraging is associated with an expansion of the olfactory bulbs of the brain in vertebrates, but no such ...
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Evaluation of a Multimodal Anesthetic Protocol for Immobilization in Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesAnesthetic protocols for non-invasive immobilization of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) for procedures lasting up to two hours are lacking.
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Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures [PDF]
Scientific 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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Fast food: GPS tracking reveals behavior-specific habitat selection and cattle farm subsidies of three sympatric neotropical vulture species [PDF]
Movement EcologyUnderstanding species responses to anthropogenic disturbance is fundamental to ecology and conservation. However, behaviour and inter-individual variation in habitat selection can complicate our understanding of population-level responses to human ...
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Efficacy of an inflatable deterrent for reducing New World vulture human-wildlife conflict [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIncreasing urbanization coupled with spatial expansion and numerical increase of New World vulture populations has engendered a rise in human-vulture conflict, creating a need for effective tools to mitigate vulture-related damage.
Bryan M. Kluever +3 more
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Taphonomic signatures of early scavenging by black and turkey vultures. [PDF]
PLoS ONEScavenging is critical for nutrient cycling and maintenance of healthy ecosystems. While there is substantial research into the identification of taphonomic signatures from facultative mammalian scavengers, early stage scavenging signatures by vultures ...
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Vulture dominance in a scavenger assemblage in the Neotropical dry forest [PDF]
Scientific ReportsScientific knowledge of vertebrate scavenging communities has increased over the last decades. However, there is a lack of information on the Neotropics.
Paul Monar-Barragán +8 more
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Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture
Avian ResearchOlfactory receptors (ORs), the largest vertebrate multigene family, exhibit wide copy number variation among taxa, ranging from ∼100 to 4000. The ecological importance of smell has been suggested to positively correlate with OR gene number, though debate
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Frontiers 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
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The mechanisms of color production in black skin versus red skin on the heads of New World vultures
Avian Research, 2023 A determination of how the color of animal integument is produced is a starting point for investigations into the function and evolution of coloration. The mechanisms that give rise to the color of bare skin of New World vultures are largely unexplored ...
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