[HTML][HTML] State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

CJW McClure, JRS Westrip, JA Johnson… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Raptors provide critical ecosystem services, yet there is currently no systematic, global
synthesis of their conservation status or threats. We review the International Union for the …

Commentary: defining raptors and birds of prey

CJW McClure, SE Schulwitz… - Journal of Raptor …, 2019‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
Species considered raptors are subjects of monitoring programs, textbooks, scientific
societies, legislation, and multinational agreements. Yet no standard definition for the …

Map** suitable habitats for globally endangered raptors in Kenya: Integrating climate factors and conservation planning

PM Ngila, DO Chiawo, MA Owuor… - Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Raptors face global threats like electrocution, collisions, and habitat fragmentation. Many
species remain understudied, and their distribution patterns are unknown. Understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Automated monitoring for birds in flight: Proof of concept with eagles at a wind power facility

CJW McClure, L Martinson, TD Allison - Biological Conservation, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Automated surveys for wildlife have the potential to improve data collection while averting
mortality of animals. Collisions of eagles at wind power facilities are particularly of concern …

Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations

A Franke, K Falk, K Hawkshaw, S Ambrose… - Ambio, 2020‏ - Springer
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) are top avian
predators of Arctic ecosystems. Although existing monitoring efforts are well established for …

Landscape heterogeneity affects diurnal raptor communities in a sub-tropical region of northwestern Himalayas, India

S Kumar, A Sohil, MA Kichloo, N Sharma - Plos one, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Raptors are highly sensitive to environmental and human-induced changes. In addition,
several species of raptors exist in considerably small numbers. It is thus critical to conserve …

Demography of a widespread raptor across disparate regions

CJW McClure, JL Brown, SE Schulwitz, J Smallwood… - Ibis, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Demographic differences between stable and declining populations can lend insight into
drivers of population decline. The American Kestrel Falco sparverius is a widespread and …

Conservation letter: Monitoring raptor populations–A call for increased global collaboration and survey standardization

CJW McClure, FH Vargas, A Amar… - Journal of Raptor …, 2023‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
A minimum of 159 bird species, including eight raptor species, have gone extinct since the
year 1500 (BirdLife International 2021). Monitoring programs can help prevent extinction if …

Attack behaviour in naive gyrfalcons is modelled by the same guidance law as in peregrine falcons, but at a lower guidance gain

CH Brighton, KE Chapman, NC Fox… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - journals.biologists.com
The aerial hunting behaviours of birds are strongly influenced by flight morphology and
ecology, but little is known of how this relates to the behavioural algorithms guiding flight …

Gyrfalcon Prey Abundance and Their Habitat Associations in a Changing Arctic

M Gustafson, JD McCabe, BW Rolek… - Ecology and …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Arctic habitats are changing rapidly and altering trophic webs and ecosystem functioning.
Understanding how species' abundances and distributions differ among Arctic habitats is …