Identifying efficient biodiversity indicators is a key pillar of the global conservation strategy.
Top predators have been proposed as reliable biodiversity signposts, but their role is …

Global urbanisation is rapidly increasing and can have profound impacts on wild flora and
fauna. For many species, the impacts are detrimental and irreversible, whereas others are …

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 …

Rewilding, here defined as “the reorganisation of biota and ecosystem processes to set an
identified social–ecological system on a preferred trajectory, leading to the self‐sustaining …

Abstract Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), and Himalayan
vulture (Gyps himalayensis) are three common large raptors in the Sanjiangyuan National …

Humans, non‐human animals, and technologies are increasingly entangled. Using the
peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) as an illustrative example, we propose 'technonatural …

Conflicts between human beings and wild animals have been recorded in many parts of the
world and mainly involve damage to crops, predation of domestic animals, and attacks on …

Species considered raptors are subjects of monitoring programs, textbooks, scientific
societies, legislation, and multinational agreements. Yet no standard definition for the …

A socioecological approach to biodiversity conservation has recently been encouraged. We
examined farmer perceptions of ecosystem services provided by scavenging vertebrates in …

Vultures and condors are among the most threatened avian species in the world due to the
impacts of human activities. Negative perceptions can contribute to these threats as some …