Happy new year!

Interesting paper on Science: vultures and diclofenac

Among the different threat European raptors must face there is the diclofenac. This low-cost veterinarian product is used worldwide to manage livestock. However residuals remain in the carcasses provoking the death of vultures feeding on them. Now a new important paper has been published on Science highlighting the detrimental use of this veterinarian product. In our opinion the production of diclofenac should be stopped and its selling forbidden, first in Europe and then worldwide.

To read the paper click on the picture below:

New paper out now!

Our last paper has been published! It relies on the distribution of short-toed eagle in Italy in relation with its migratory route, the geography of the Mediterranean and the ecological features affecting the breeding area selection. The conclusions suggest that the presence of a natural barrier such as the Mediterranean Sea leads this species to an unexpected southerly direction of colonization in Italy.

You can download it at the link below:

• Panuccio M., Lucia P., Agostini N., Ottonello D. & Bogliani G. 2014. Motion capacity, geography and ecological features explain the present distribution of a migratory top predator. Ecological Research DOI: 10.1007/s11284-014-1226-2

XXII Spanish Congress of Ornithology

In these days in Madrid there is the XXII Spanish Congress of Ornithology promoted by Seo-Bird Life Spain. Among the different interesting contribution there is a poster also from our research network. You can read it clicking on the link below:

• Panuccio M., Stanzione V., Catoni C., Biasi G., Santini M., Bogliani G. & Dell'Omo G. 2014. Ground-speed of migrating raptors as revealed by a surveillance radar. Proceedings of the XXII Congreso Español de Ornitología, Madrid: 137.