Essays about: "Scavenging birds"

Found 2 essays containing the words Scavenging birds.

1. 1. Estimating historic ranges of extinct scavenging birds from North America during the late Pleistocene using co-occurrence data from the fossil record

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Melissa Miranda; [2023-06-30]
   Keywords : Scavenging birds; Vultures; Co-occurrence Data; Range Estimates; Spatial Autoregressive Models; Co-extinction;

   Abstract : The aim of my study was to estimate and compare the historic range of nine scavenging birds from North America that went jointly extinct with their mammalian megafaunal prey in the Late Pleistocene. Although the severity and timing of their co-extinction are strongly correlated, there has been little analytical support in providing estimates for the possible geographic distribution of scavenging birds prior to the extinction event. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparing avifauna communities and bird functional diversity of forest and farmland in southwest Ethiopia

   University essay from Botaniska institutionen

   Author : Dries Engelen; [2012]
   Keywords : bird diversity; tropical agroecosystem; Ethiopia; feeding guilds; distance to forest; mist netting; point count;

   Abstract : Worldwide degradation and conversion of tropical forests affects many species and their provided ecosystem services. Among them are birds, responsible for pollination, seed dispersal, pest control and scavenging. READ MORE