A three-decade review of telemetry studies on vultures and condors

PAE Alarcón, SA Lambertucci - Movement Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Telemetry-based movement research has become central for learning about the behavior,
ecology and conservation of wide-ranging species. Particularly, early telemetry studies were …

Understanding continent-wide variation in vulture ranging behavior to assess feasibility of Vulture Safe Zones in Africa: Challenges and possibilities

A Kane, A Monadjem, HKO Aschenborn… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Protected areas are intended as tools in reducing threats to wildlife and preserving habitat
for their long-term population persistence. Studies on ranging behavior provide insight into …

Physical limits of flight performance in the heaviest soaring bird

HJ Williams, ELC Shepard, MD Holton… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Flight costs are predicted to vary with environmental conditions, and this should ultimately
determine the movement capacity and distributions of large soaring birds. Despite this, little …

Adult vultures outperform juveniles in challenging thermal soaring conditions

R Harel, N Horvitz, R Nathan - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Due to the potentially detrimental consequences of low performance in basic functional
tasks, individuals are expected to improve performance with age and show the most marked …

Unravelling the origins of anomalous diffusion: from molecules to migrating storks

O Vilk, E Aghion, T Avgar, C Beta, O Nagel, A Sabri… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Anomalous diffusion or, more generally, anomalous transport, with nonlinear dependence of
the mean-squared displacement on the measurement time, is ubiquitous in nature. It has …

Social foraging and individual consistency in following behaviour: testing the information centre hypothesis in free-ranging vultures

R Harel, O Spiegel, WM Getz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Uncertainties regarding food location and quality are among the greatest challenges faced
by foragers and communal roosting may facilitate success through social foraging. The …

Apex scavengers from different European populations converge at threatened savannah landscapes

A Delgado-González, A Cortés-Avizanda, D Serrano… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Over millennia, human intervention has transformed European habitats mainly through
extensive livestock grazing.“Dehesas/Montados” are an Iberian savannah-like ecosystem …

Sex‐specific effects of wind on the flight decisions of a sexually dimorphic soaring bird

TA Clay, R Joo, H Weimerskirch… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In a highly dynamic airspace, flying animals are predicted to adjust foraging behaviour to
variable wind conditions to minimize movement costs. Sexual size dimorphism is …

Early arrival at breeding grounds: Causes, costs and a trade‐off with overwintering latitude

S Rotics, M Kaatz, S Turjeman, D Zurell… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Early arrival at breeding grounds is of prime importance for migrating birds as it is known to
enhance breeding success. Adults, males and higher quality individuals typically arrive …

A mechanistic theory of personality‐dependent movement behaviour based on dynamic energy budgets

A Campos‐Candela, M Palmer, S Balle… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Consistent between‐individual differences in movement are widely recognised across taxa.
In addition, foraging plasticity at the within‐individual level suggests a behavioural …