Conservation assessment of raptors within the USA and Canada

CJW McClure, L Dunn, ER Buechley, P Juergens… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Raptors are of global conservation concern and thus country-level assessments of their
status are needed. We review studies and conservation databases to determine priorities for …

Human impacts on the world's raptors

CJ O'Bryan, JR Allan, AF Suarez-Castro… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Raptors are emblematic of the global biodiversity crisis because one out of five species are
threatened with extinction and over half have declining populations due to human threats …

Systematic map of human–raptor interaction and coexistence research

AC Canney, LM McGough, NA Bickford, KE Wallen - Animals, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Raptors are affected by interactions with humans, primarily in the form of
persecution and habitat disturbance. Here, we quantify and characterize empirical literature …

Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad‐ranged apex predator

LJ Sutton, DL Anderson, M Franco… - Diversity and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim A current biogeographic paradigm states that climate regulates species distributions at
continental scales and that biotic interactions are undetectable at coarse‐grain extents …

[HTML][HTML] Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology

P Sumasgutner, R Buij, CJW McClure, P Shaw… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Research is underway to examine how a wide range of animal species have responded to
reduced levels of human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this perspective article …

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 …

Composite population trends reveal status of wintering diurnal raptors in the northwestern USA

CJW McClure, BW Rolek, J Fleischer - Biological Conservation, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Integrated models can combine data from disparate monitoring programs to improve
inference into population dynamics because trends in disparate datasets can be interpreted …

Population and Productivity of the Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in the Argha Important Bird and Biodiversity Area, Nepal

KP Bhusal, AB Joshi, DB Rana… - Journal of Raptor …, 2023‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT The White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an accipitrid vulture native to
Asia. Once known as the world's most abundant large bird of prey, its population declined …

Reduced range size and Important Bird and Biodiversity Area coverage for the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) predicted from multiple climate change scenarios

LJ Sutton, DL Anderson, M Franco, CJW McClure… - Ibis, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to have a profound impact on species distributions, contracting
suitable climate space. Biodiversity areas are important to mitigate these negative effects but …

Priority conservation areas and a global population estimate for the critically endangered Philippine Eagle

LJ Sutton, JC Ibañez, DI Salvador… - Animal …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many range‐restricted taxa are experiencing population declines, yet we lack fundamental
information regarding their distribution and population size. Establishing baseline estimates …