This paper proposes a novel and autonomous weighing system for wild animals. It allows evaluating changes in the body weight of animals in their natural environment without causing stress. The proposed system comprises a smart scale designed to estimate individual body weights and their temporal evolution in a bird colony. The system is based on computational intelligence, and offers valuable l...

In a recent publication by Eakle (1994), the results of a roadside survey in western Turkey and eastern Greece are detailed. From our point of view the results obtained are scarcely reliable for two reasons: (1) The surveys are very heterogeneous and hardly repeatable. Transects by such different means of transportation as car, train, bus, or on foot are included, with the distances travelled o...

The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) suffered a sharp population decline over much of its European distribution range in the middle of the twentieth century. Still declining in some areas, the species has recently experienced a notable population recovery in certain regions. We examined the genetic diversity variation in a growing population of lesser kestrels from Central Spain over a 6-year pe...

Raptors are top predators sensitive to changes and perturbations in the food chain, and as a consequence, they function as good bioindicators for environmental and ecosystem health. Captive breeding facilities have been created at research centers or universities to study biological traits of several raptor species (e.g., the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) has been used as a wildlife study...

A total of 45 voucher specimens falcons which are deposited in the bird's collection Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum (INHM) were reviewed. Mummified preserved as study tagged with museum labels. In current study, morphometrics six species genus Falco Linnaeus, 1758: Lanner falcon F. biarmicus Temminck, 1825; Sacker Falcon cherrug Gray, 1834; Lesser Kestrel naumanni Fleischer, 18...