Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

By E. Buechley, A. Santangeli, M. Girardello, M. H. Neate‐Clegg, D. Oleyar, C. Mcclure, Ç. Şekercioğlu. Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2019

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Raptors serve critical ecological functions, are particularly extinction‐prone and are often used as environmental indicators and flagship species. Yet, there is no global framework to prioritize research and conservation actions on them. We identify for the first time the factors driving extinction risk and scientific attention on raptors and develop a novel research and conservation priority index (RCPI) to identify global research and conservation priorities.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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