Vultures are nature's most successful scavengers, and they provide an array of ecological,
economic, and cultural services. As the only known obligate scavengers, vultures are …

Ecosystem services are ecosystem processes that directly or indirectly benefit human well‐
being. There has been much recent literature identifying different services and the …

Biodiversity is undergoing unprecedented global decline. Efforts to slow this rate have
focused foremost on rarer species, which are at most risk of extinction. Less interest has …

Research into the benefits that ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing has multiplied
over the last few years following from the seminal contributions of the international …

Birds are among the most widely studied organisms on earth and represent an important
indicator group for learning about the effects of climate change–particularly in regard to the …

Although most bird species avoid agricultural areas, nearly a third of all birds regularly to
occasionally use such habitats, often providing important ecosystem services like pest …

Birds are conspicuous in many habitats, occur worldwide, are ecologically diverse, and are
better known than other vertebrate groups. Birds devour pests, pollinate flowers, disperse …

Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of current and likely future biodiversity loss.
Therefore, understanding how species are affected by it is crucial to guide conservation …

Biodiversity monitoring is important as it allows to prioritize research into the causes of
declines and assessing the efficacy of conservation measures. Regional assessments are …