Human activities are having increasingly devastating effects on the health of marine and
terrestrial ecosystems. Studying the adaptive responses of animal species to changes in …

There is growing evidence that inbreeding can negatively affect small, isolated populations.
This contrasts with the perception in New Zealand, where it has been claimed that native …

Animal movements exhibit an almost universal pattern of fat-tailed step-size distributions,
mixing short and very long steps. The Lévy flight foraging hypothesis (LFFH) suggests a …

Globally, vulture species are experiencing major population declines. The southern African
Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) has undergone severe population collapse which has led …

Abstract The Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) has experienced a severe
decline during the last two centuries and is globally classified as near-threatened. This has …

It is generally considered that limiting the loss of genetic diversity in reintroduced
populations is essential to optimize the chances of success of population restoration …

The Griffon vulture was once a widespread species across the region of Southeast Europe,
but it is now endangered and in some parts is completely extinct. In the Balkan Peninsula …

Populations of oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis) in south Asia have
declined over 95% since the mid-1990s due to feeding on livestock carcasses that had been …

Although several phylogenetic studies of Gyps species have been conducted, few studies
have addressed the genetic diversity of these species on a finer scale such as microsatellite …

Captive breeding and ex situ conservation have become important tools in species
conservation programmes. The effectiveness of the management of captive populations can …