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Vultures - Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation (Paperback)
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Vultures - Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation (Paperback)
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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.
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