The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a social species which breeds in colonies and feeds groups. This can facilitate horizontal transmission of ectoparasites between conspecifics. In 2015, the province Guadalajara, Spain, 28 vultures from wild population were examined for ectoparasites, 24 parasitized by chewing lice (Phthiraptera). Three identified: Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) vulturis, Colp...

The ongoing global decline in vulture populations raises major conservation concerns, but little is known about the factors that mediate scavenger habitat use, in particular the importance of abundance of live prey versus prey mortality. We test this using data from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa. The two hypotheses that prey abundance or prey mortality are the main drivers of vult...

An unexpected human-wildlife conflict between vultures and livestock has emerged in Europe during the last two decades. Farmers attributed changes vulture behavior, due to food shortages caused by sanitary regulations, increasing interactions (‘vulture attacks’). To disentangle this conflict, we analyzed 683 farmer complaints 1996 2020 Catalonia (northeastern Spain) investigated eco-anthropolog...

Summary Recreational activities may have negative effects on wildlife, but there are very few studies specifically the of free-flight (i.e., hang-gliders, paragliders and their powered derivatives) wildlife. We review existing scientific this issue in order to identify gaps knowledge at taxonomic-group level develop guidelines minimize impacts recreational found that mainly concerned four ungul...