SynthesisEcoHealth2022
A Global Review of Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Living Vultures.
Synthesis in EcoHealth, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Behavioral shifts mask the success of legislation and outreach for endangered species recovery.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Survival of a Long-Lived Avian Scavenger: Implications of Age, Season, and Landscape Composition for Mortality Risk.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Rehabilitating wild birds of prey following ocular trauma - should foveal assessment include spectral-domain optical coherence tomography?BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Antibiotic: a boon to mankind and doom to the environment - an insight on biological and non-biological degradation processes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Standardization of coagulometric tests in griffon vultures (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Fast food: GPS tracking reveals behavior-specific habitat selection and cattle farm subsidies of three sympatric neotropical vulture species.Movement ecology · 2025Article
- Hemangiosarcoma associated with a Pasteurella multocida infection in a near threatened cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus): insights into avian pathology and implications for conservation.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- First Investigation of Haemosporidian Species and Record of Novel Genetic Lineages in Eurasian Griffon Vultures (Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Tracking solutions to a persistent threat: spatial movement patterns reflect lead exposure in critically endangered California condors.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- A Comparison of the Intestinal Fungal Community in Wild and Captive Himalayan Vultures (Polish journal of microbiology · 2025Article
- Linking Functional Traits To Trophic Roles In Scavenger Assemblages.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- EAVLD 2024 - 7Italian journal of food safety · 2024Article
- Vulture poisoning in Sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for conservation planning: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Promoting enforcement of non-lead hunting ammunition regulations and compliance in Europe and North America.Ambio · 2023Article
- Admission Causes, Morbidity, and Outcomes in Scavenger Birds in the North of Portugal (2005-2022).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Editorial: Animal Poisoning and Biomarkers of Toxicity.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
Vulture species worldwide play a key role in ecosystems as obligate scavengers, and several populations have had precipitous declines. Research on vulture health is critical to conservation efforts including free-living vultures and captive breeding programs, but is limited to date. In this systematic review, we determined the reported causes of free-living vulture species morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most commonly reported cause of mortality was from toxins (60%), especially lead and pesticides, followed by traumatic injury (49%), including collisions with urban infrastructure and gunshot. Neglected areas of research in free-living vulture health include infectious diseases (16%), endocrine and nutritional disorders (6%), and neoplasia (< 1%). Almost half of the studies included in the review were conducted in either Spain or the USA, with a paucity of studies conducted in South America and sub-Saharan Africa. The highest number of studies was on Griffon (Gyps fulvus) (24%) and Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) (19%), while half of all vulture species had five or fewer studies. Future investigations on free-living vulture health should focus on neglected areas of research, such as infectious diseases, and areas with gaps in the current literature, such as South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and under-studied vulture species.
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