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Raptors Conservation

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Birds".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 November 2021) | Viewed by 10599

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Dr. Olimpia R. Lai

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Interests: veterinary pharmacology; veterinary toxicology; pharmacokinetics; clinical pharmacology; wildlife rescue; wildlife medicine; exotics; ecotoxicology
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Dear Colleagues,

The term “raptor” is not a taxonomic bird grouping, but it categorizes diurnal and nocturnal birds of prey that generally are apex predators or useful scavengers. In this respect, raptors serve also as bioindicators for the health of their ecosystems. In the Anthropocene, many raptor species have been subject to numerous environmental threats such as habitat destruction, contaminant diffusion, illegal killing and poaching, impact of anthropogenic structures (wind farms, electric lines) or activities (deforestation, intensive farming, and agriculture). All these factors have raised the threat level of some raptor species to vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered, and can lead to population collapse. All possible up-to-date information such as ecology, behavior, population dynamics and status, environmental toxicology, conservation projects, mitigation measures, rescue efforts, rehab medicine, new findings in parasitology, infectious diseases and therapeutics, clinical management, and more are welcome in order to protect these iconic animals.

Dr. Olimpia Lai
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Keywords

  • raptors
  • ecology
  • behavior
  • mitigation measures
  • medicine
  • conservation

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Measuring the Degree of Overlap and Segregation among Multiple Probabilistic Home Ranges: A New Index with Illustrative Application to the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
by Alessandro Ferrarini, Giuseppe Giglio, Stefania Caterina Pellegrino and Marco Gustin
Animals 2021, 11(10), 2913; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102913 - 09 Oct 2021
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Home range overlap/segregation has several important applications to wildlife conservation and management. In this work, we first address the issue of measuring the degree of overlap/segregation among an arbitrarily large number (i.e., n ≥ 2) of probabilistic animal home ranges (i.e., utilization distributions). [...] Read more.
Home range overlap/segregation has several important applications to wildlife conservation and management. In this work, we first address the issue of measuring the degree of overlap/segregation among an arbitrarily large number (i.e., n ≥ 2) of probabilistic animal home ranges (i.e., utilization distributions). This subject matter has recently been solved for home ranges measured as polygons (e.g., percent minimum convex polygons and multinuclear cores) but not yet for probabilistic ones. Accordingly, we introduce a novel index named the PGOI (probabilistic general overlap index), and its complement, the PGSI (probabilistic general segregation index), an index for computation of probabilistic home range overlap/segregation at individual, population and species levels. Whatever the number of probabilistic home ranges, the PGOI returns a single score ranging in the [0, 100] interval. We applied the PGOI to five lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) at Santeramo in Colle (Apulia region; Southern Italy) as a case study. Our new index can be applied to any animal species and to home ranges derived from any type of probabilistic home range estimator. Full article
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Annual Long-Distance Migration Strategies and Home Range of Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) from South China
by Xiao Min, Zijing Gao, Yuanfeng Lin and Chang-Hu Lu
Animals 2021, 11(8), 2237; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082237 - 29 Jul 2021
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From 2018 to 2019, two Chinese Sparrowhawks (Bird 01, male; Bird 02, female), Accipiter soloensis, were captured and fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) loggers in order to identify summering and wintering sites, migration routes, and stop-over sites. The Chinese Sparrowhawks were [...] Read more.
From 2018 to 2019, two Chinese Sparrowhawks (Bird 01, male; Bird 02, female), Accipiter soloensis, were captured and fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) loggers in order to identify summering and wintering sites, migration routes, and stop-over sites. The Chinese Sparrowhawks were first fitted with backpack solar GPS satellite trackers in China in order to explore their migration routes. The two Chinese Sparrowhawks successfully completed their migration from southern China, through Nanning city of Guangxi province, China, to Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore and finally arriving in Indonesia, where they stayed until the March of the following year. They then returned to China along the original route, arriving in Changsha city, Hunan province, China. The two individuals traveled more than 4000–5000 km. For the first time, telemetry data demonstrate, the linkages between their Indonesia wintering sites, their stop-over sites in Southeast Asia, and their breeding/summering sites near south Yangtze River in the south-central part of China. During this long-distance migration, 2653 bird satellite sites were received. The autumn migration durations for the two Chinese Sparrowhawks were 84 days and 50 days, respectively, compared to 83 days and 49 days in spring. The median stop-over duration was 12.7 and 9.3 days, respectively and the median speed of travel was 74.2 km/day during the autumn migration and 73.9 km/day during the spring migration. Furthermore, two and one stop-over sites and one and three stop-over sites were used during the autumn and spring migrations of Chinese Sparrowhawks 01 and 02, respectively. The Chinese Sparrowhawks migrated long distances and used stop-over sites during their migration. Based on the home range analysis, we can conclude that Chinese Sparrowhawks reach their maximum home range in the summer and have multiple nuclear domains. Full article
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Systematic Map of Human–Raptor Interaction and Coexistence Research
by Angeline C. Canney, Lauren M. McGough, Nate A. Bickford and Kenneth E. Wallen
Animals 2022, 12(1), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010045 - 27 Dec 2021
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Global raptor conservation relies on humans to establish and improve interaction and coexistence. Human–wildlife interaction research is well-established, but tends to focus on large-bodied, terrestrial mammals. The scope and characteristics of research that explores human–raptor interactions are relatively unknown. As an initial step [...] Read more.
Global raptor conservation relies on humans to establish and improve interaction and coexistence. Human–wildlife interaction research is well-established, but tends to focus on large-bodied, terrestrial mammals. The scope and characteristics of research that explores human–raptor interactions are relatively unknown. As an initial step toward quantifying and characterizing the state of applied, cross-disciplinary literature on human–raptor interactions, we use established systematic map (scoping reviews) protocols to catalog literature and describe trends, identify gaps and biases, and critically reflect on the scope of research. We focus on the peer-reviewed (refereed) literature germane to human–raptor interaction, conflict, tolerance, acceptance, persecution and coexistence. Based on 383 papers retrieved that fit our criteria, we identified trends, biases, and gaps. These include a majority of research taking place within North America and Europe; disproportionately few interdisciplinary and social research studies; interactions focused on indirect anthropogenic mortality; and vague calls for human behavior changes, with few concrete steps suggested, when management objectives are discussed. Overall, we note a predominant focus on the study of ecological effects from human–raptor interactions rather than sociocultural causes, and suggest (as others have in various conservation contexts) the imperative of human behavioral, cultural, and political inquiry to conserve raptor species. Full article
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