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Home Range, Movement and Activity Patterns of Six vulture Species Using Satellite Telemetry in Saurashtra landscape, Gujarat, India

open access: yesEcologies, 2022
The information on the ranging behaviour and migration pattern of vultures is of critical conservation importance. Vultures’ range over vast areas in human-dominated landscapes where anthropogenic activities may influence their long-term survival.
Mohan Ram   +6 more
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Results of the Second Phase of the Project on Supplemental Feeding of Vultures in Ustyurt State Nature Reserve in 2018, Kazakhstan

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2019
The article highlights new monitoring data on three vulture species: Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus); Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) – on the territory of Ustyurt State Nature Reserve in Kazakhstan ...
Mark V. Pestov   +3 more
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Effect of cytochrome P450 inhibition on toxicity of diclofenac in chickens: Unravelling toxicity in Gyps vultures

open access: yesOnderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022
Diclofenac was responsible for the decimation of Gyps vulture species on the Indian subcontinent during the 1980s and 1990s. Gyps vultures are extremely sensitive (the lethal dose 50 [LD50] ~ 0.1 mg/kg – 0.2 mg/kg), with toxicity appearing to be linked ...
Sara Locke   +3 more
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Collapsing towards Extinction? Trade in Birds Carcasses for Traditional Medicine and the Decline of Vulture Population in Katsina State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2020
Decline in vulture populations have seriously reported in Nigeria as in other habits around the world. Human pressure from poisoning, hunting and trading for traditional medicine are key factors leading to decline of vulture population in northern ...
N.D. Muhammad, Z.K. Mustapha
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Relative Conservation Status of Bird Orders With Special Attention to Raptors

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Birds, especially raptors, play important roles in ecosystems. We examine the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List to determine which orders of birds have proportionally more or fewer species listed as threatened or ...
Christopher J. W. McClure   +1 more
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New Publications and Videos

open access: yesПернатые хищники и их охрана, 2019
Tsvelykh A.N., Appak B.A., Beskaravainy M.M., Kostin S.Yu., Osipova M.A. Vultures of the Ukrainian Fauna. Kyiv, 2018. 188 pp. ISBN 978-966-306-185-4. The monography is dedicated to vulture species inhabited Ukraine nowadays – Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius ...
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
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Modulation of Peripheral Immune Cell Subpopulations After RapidArc/Moderate Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Findings and Comparison With 3D Conformal/Conventional Fractionation Treatment

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
Radiotherapy (RT) is an important therapeutic option in patients with localized prostate cancer (PC). Unfortunately, radiation treatment causes a decrease in peripheral lymphocytes and, consequently, influences the patients’ immune status. Our aim was to
Fiorella D’Auria   +13 more
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Behavioural and virological studies on a rescued Oriental White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis from western Maharashtra, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2011
An exhausted Indian White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis was rescued in Maharashtra State, India. Examination revealed that it was not injured but was emaciated due to starvation. The vulture was fed in captivity by the Forest Department.
S. Pande   +5 more
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Factors influencing the breeding density of Bearded Vultures, Egyptian Vultures and Eurasian Griffon Vultures in Catalonia (NE Spain): management implications [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2007
Using multivariate analyses we examined differences in breeding density of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus, the Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus and the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in NE Spain (Catalonia) in relation to trophic ...
Margalida, A.   +2 more
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Status and population of vultures in Moyar Valley, southern India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2016
Four species of vultures were surveyed using road transects in two parts of the Moyar Valley, three of these are Critically Endangered by IUCN criteria and one is Endangered.  The vulture study was done for the first time in Nilgiri North Forest Division
R. Venkitachalam, S. Senthilnathan
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