Description
Vultures
Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation
Author: Campbell Michael O'Neal
Language: EnglishKeywords
World Vultures; Griffon Vulture; Turkey Vultures; Black Vultures; Bearded Vulture; Egyptian Vulture; Del Hoyo; Andean Condor; Gyps Vultures; King Vulture; Avian Scavengers; California Condors; Facultative Scavengers; Old World Vultures; Aegypius Monachus; Indian Vulture; Vulture Populations; Marabou Storks; Wild Ungulates; Larger Vultures; Vultur Gryphus; Larus Gulls; Tawny Eagle; Family Megalonychidae; Bateleur Eagle
Publication date: 12-2020
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 07-2015
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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This book reexamines current knowledge on the evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of both New World vultures (Cathartidae) and Old World vultures (Accipitridae) and seeks answers to past and present regional extinctions, colorizations, and conservation questions. Extinct species of both families are examined, as is the disputed evidence for familial similarities and differences currently under review by geneticists and ornithologists.
Conservation questions concern the extent to which recent land cover change (deforestation, urbanization, and desertification), wildlife depletions, and pollution have affected scavenging vultures. Such changes are examined as both positive and negative for vultures?a growing body of literature hints at the positive impacts of urban waste, more open forests, forest fires, landscape cultivation, road kills, and shore development, especially with increased attention to bird adaptation and "new" theories of adaptive management in conservation. These are contrasted with the conservation of other raptors and scavengers. Within new trends in conservation, with emphases on animal/human shared co-evolution in intensely habituated spaces, vulture conservation requires important new perspectives that contrast with the needs of other species conservation.
Systematic List of Old World Vultures: The Griffons. Systematic List of Old World Vultures: Huge and Small Non-Griffons. Systematic List of New World Vultures. The Biological Evolution of Vultures. Vultures, Facultative Scavengers and Predators. Climate, Landscapes and Vultures. Vultures, Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change. Vultures, Chemicals and Diseases. Vultures in Social History and Conservation. The Future of Vultures: Conclusions and Summary
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