Birds of Prey (eBook)

José Hernán Sarasola received his degree in Natural Resources from the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam), Argentina, and earned his Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Seville (Spain) after being granted a doctoral fellowship at the Doñana Biological Station. He is one of the co-founders of the Center for the Study and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Argentina (CECARA) where he has served as vice-director and director. He has conducted field research on a variety of species in South America and Europe focusing on raptor population ecology, migration and conservation. He is a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and adjunct professor of Ecology at UNLPam. He has been visiting scholar at University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). Juan Manuel Grande has a B.S. degree in Biology from the Universidad de Barcelona and Ph.D in Biology from the University of Seville, both in Spain. He’s been a postdoc researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, in Canada and is a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). He is vice director of the Center for the Study and Conservation of Raptors in Argentina (CECARA) and professor of Biology at the Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. He has served as Director at Large of the Raptor Research Foundation. His main research interests are linked to birds of prey ecology and the effects of anthropic transformation on natural landscapes on this group of birds.Juan José Negro’s research interests focus on evolutionary ecology and conservation of endangered birds of prey. He is an associate editor of ‘Animal Biodiversity and Conservation’ and the ‘Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems’. He is also vice-president of the Spanish Society of Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology. Negro graduated from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Sevilla, where he later earned a PhD in Biology. He has been a visiting scholar at CalPoly, California, and Heidelberg University, Germany. He held a postdoc position at McGill University, Canada and was director of Doñana Biological Station. Negro is a professor of research at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. He received the Hamerstrom Award from The Raptor Research Foundation in recognition of his contributions to the understanding of raptor ecology and natural history.

Section 1 - General biologyChapter 1) Recent advances in raptor taxonomy and phylogenyChapter 2) Breeding and nesting biologyChapter 3) Population ecology of birds of preyChapter 4) Behavioural ecology of raptorsChapter 5) Raptor migrationChapter 6) Dispersal in raptorsSection 2 - Raptors in human landscapesChapter 7) Raptors and people: an ancient relationship persisting todayChapter 8) Conflicts between raptors and humansChapter 9) Causes and consequences of urban living in raptorsChapter 10) Birds of prey in agricultural landscapes, the role of agriculture expansion and intensificationChapter 11) Toxicology of birds of preyChapter 12) Lead contamination in birds of preyChapter 13) Raptors electrocutions and power lines collisionsChapter 14) Impact of renewable energy sources on birds of preyChapter 15) Use of drone imagery for research and conservation of birds of preySection 3 - Conservation and status of raptors around the worldChapter 16) Distribution models for raptor research and conservationChapter 17) Conservation genetics in birds of preyChapter 18) Conservation status of Neotropical raptorsChapter 19) Conservation priorities for raptors across AsiaChapter 20) Conservation of African raptorsChapter 21) Conservation status and threats of New World vulturesChapter 22) Old vultures in a changing environmentChapter 23) Past, present and future of raptors on islandsChapter 24) Raptor conservation in practice