13 research outputs found
1930-1931 Pikeville Junior College Catalogue 51
No full textHatfield, Charline
Hatfield, James Lucas
Hatfield, Robert
Hinkle, Raymond
Howard, Edith May
Justice, Clarence
Kelley, Authelia
Maynard, Pearl
McClennon, Robert
McCoy, Turner
Miller, Everett
Sloan, Hazel
Smallwood, Grace
Sowards, Bennie
Sowards, Harrison
Syck, Bernice
Toler, Dorothy
Trent, Fred M.
Wellman, Lon, Jr.
Williamson, May
Wright, Gertrude
Yost, William
Eighth Grade
Allen, Barbara
Fleming, Edna Mae
Greer, George, Jr.
Hatcher, Walter, Jr.
Huffman, William
Johnson, Marie
Justice, Charles
Koellein, Catherine
Leete, Martin, Jr.
Ramsey, Violet
Ratliff, Robert, Jr.
Scott, Loise
Smith, Irene
Sword, Rush
Williamson, Mintona
Young, Luther
Seventh Grade
Allen, Corinne
Allen, Geraldine
Baldwin, Andrew Jackson
Brewer, Clarence Edward
Bumgardner, Loretta
Evans, Richard, Jr.
Hambley, Helen
Hawpe, Chester
Hereford, Peggy
Jenkins, Woodrow
Koellein, Corinne
Langley, Susanna
McPeek, Zilpha
Robinson, Ruby
Robinson, Burton
Smith, Marie
Stratton, Ruth
Sword, Elva
Taylor, Fon
T rivette, Jol].n Bill
Sixth Grade
Forsyth, Virgil
Hatcher, Betty
Justice, Flor.ane
Ratliff, Imogene
Sanders, Mary Elizabeth
Syck, Laurestine
Williams, Edward
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Population Dynamics of the African Lion (Panthera leo L.) within the Maasai Mara Region of Southern Kenya
No full textThe newly formed Naboisho Wildlife Conservancy in southern Kenya is a 20,000 hectare ranch that is collectively owned by 500 Maasai tribesman. As a result of this recent, locally-inspired conservancy, numerous tourism investors and non-profit organizations have been invited to develop businesses and research opportunities in order to facilitate the conservancy’s growth and stability. Monitoring and protecting big cat populations that thrive in this landscape is a cornerstone of developing conservancies like Naboisho and is the backbone of the tourism industry in Southern Kenya. In 2010, a research project was established by the Mara Naboisho Lion Project and African Impact to census, identify, and continuously monitor lions within this conservancy. As of September 2012, 59 lions from six different prides have been identified and profiled within Naboisho. This minimum population estimate was achieved through visual observation, ground tracking, and, most recently, with 12 camera traps strategically located to identify remote and elusive lion prides. Individuals were identified by unique whisker spot patterns which, once mapped, were uploaded into a database to ensure no lions were counted twice. GPS coordinates were recorded whenever a sighting was made in order to determine home range sizes for both prides and individuals. Initial results after two years of study have indicated that lion density in the conservancy may constitute one of the highest in the world, placing Naboisho in the center of numerous global conservation initiatives
DIET AND SPACE USE OF THE MARTIAL EAGLE (\u3cem\u3ePOLEMAETUS BELLICOSUS\u3c/em\u3e) IN THE MAASAI MARA REGION OF KENYA
No full textThe martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is a vulnerable species that is declining throughout large portions of its range. There is an urgent need to improve understanding of this species’ ecology to inform its conservation. I equipped 20 adult martial eagles with global positioning system backpack transmitters to characterize diet and space use of the species in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya. The resulting high-resolution transmitter data sets allowed for the rapid location of kills and provided a means to estimate home range size. From November 2016 to April 2018, 191 kills were identified from 206 kill location visits. Martial eagle diet comprised 26 prey species of which hares (two Lepus species, 17.3%), impala fawns (Aepyceros melampus, 13.6%) and helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris, 12%) were the most numerous. Sex-based differences in diet were found, with females selecting for heavier prey items (p \u3c 0.001). The average 95% kernel density estimated home range for the duration-of-transmitter-placement (average of 372 days) was 174.5 ± 83.2 km2, a much larger estimate than previously reported. This study is the most extensive to date on martial eagle diet and spatial ecology in eastern Africa, and the first to show dietary differences between the sexes
Data from: Africa's overlooked top predator: towards a better understanding of martial eagle feeding ecology in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
No full text<p>Raptors exert top-down influences on ecosystems via their effects on prey population dynamics and community composition. Most raptors are sympatric with other predators, thus complicating our understanding of their relative influence in these systems. Estimates of kill rates and prey biomass recycling have been used as predation metrics that allow quantitative comparison among species and assessment of the relative role of single species within complex food webs. Few studies have produced findings of kill rates or prey biomass recycling for raptors. We used a supervised machine learning algorithm to behaviourally classify high resolution accelerometer informed GPS locations of tagged adult non-breeding martial eagles <em>Polemaetus bellicosus</em> in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya to estimate kill rates and prey biomass recycling. Eagle locations classified as feeding were clustered using distance and time thresholds to identify kills and calculate kill rates. Identified kill sites were quickly ground-truthed to confirm kills and identify prey species. We estimated kill rates for martial eagles at 0.59 kills/day for males and 0.38 kills/day for females, and we estimated biomass recycling per ground-truthed kill at 1796 g for males and 3860 g for females. From our sample of identified ground-truthed kills, "gamebirds" was the most frequently recorded prey category for male eagles and "small ungulates" was the most frequently recorded prey category for female eagles. These results position martial eagles close to sympatric mammalian top predators in trophic pyramids and provide evidence for their classification as a top predator.</p><p>Funding provided by: Wageningen University & Research<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/04qw24q55<br>Award Number: </p><p>Funding provided by: University of Kentucky<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/02k3smh20<br>Award Number: </p><p>Funding provided by: BAND foundation<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/05wr3m454<br>Award Number: </p><p>Funding provided by: The Peregrine Fund<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/03mxy1b19<br>Award Number: </p>
1932-1933 Pikeville Junior College Catalogue 59
No full textFields, Fred
Frazier, Ira E.
Hambley, Billy
Hatfield, A. Eugene
Hatfield, Robert W.
Hoskins, Kerrn~t 0.
Hunt, Velma V.
Irick, Gether
Meade, Myrtle A.
Moles, Francis M.
Murrill, James H.
Polley, Blanche V.
Ratcliffe, Burl G.
Scott, Bill
Smith, Clyde
Stratton, Louise M.
Tackett, Bertha
Trent, Italy Ruth
Trivette, Marjorie L.
Vanover, Lela Faye
Wheeler, LuciHe
Junior Class
Amick, James M.
Atkins, Mary Jane
Blackburn, Hansel
Brooks, Mary Josephine
Coyle, Elmer A.
EUiott, Zettie
Forsyth, Thomas
Frazier, Lionel C.
Hatfield, R. Ernest
HaJtfield, Lucas
Irick, Flora
Justice, J ·ulius P.
Kelley, Authelia
Laferty, H. Durward
McCoy, Clarence Turner
McNeil, James W.
Martin, Homer H.
Miller, Everett
Moore, Ruby L.
Phillips, Don 0 .
Rowe, GQlden
Salyer, Mrs. Oralee D.
Scott, Ed~th F.
Syck, WHma Bernice
Vest, Bernice
Wellman, Lon
Yost, Will[am
JUNIOR IDGB SCHOOL
Tenth Grade
Bevins, Margaret
Call, John Perry
ChHders, Ruby
Gilley, Pauline
Hatcher, Walter
Howard, Mary Evelyn
Huffman, William M.
Hurley, Elene
Johnson, Marie E.
Koellein, catherine
Locke, Lois E.
Long, Alton N.
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Marrs, Rhoda Jane
Moore, Emily J .
Moore, Helen M.
Ramsey, Violet M.
Ratliff, Robert
Smith, Edward
Smith, Hazel
Smith, Irene M.
Sword, Harold
Thornbury, Joihn K.
Wells, Richard G
The Mediaeval Mason: An Economic History of English Stone Building in the Later Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
No full textAfrica’s overlooked top predator: Towards a better understanding of martial eagle feeding ecology in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
No full textRaptors exert top-down influences on ecosystems via their effects on prey population dynamics and community composition. Most raptors are sympatric with other predators, thus complicating our understanding of their relative influence in these systems. Estimates of kill rates and prey biomass recycling have been used as predation metrics that allow quantitative comparison among species and assessment of the relative role of single species within complex food webs. Few studies have produced findings of kill rates or prey biomass recycling for raptors. We used a supervised machine learning algorithm to behaviourally classify high resolution accelerometer informed GPS locations of tagged adult non-breeding martial eagles Polemaetus bellicosus in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya to estimate kill rates and prey biomass recycling. Eagle locations classified as feeding were clustered using distance and time thresholds to identify kills and calculate kill rates. Identified kill sites were quickly ground-truthed to confirm kills and identify prey species. We estimated kill rates for martial eagles at 0.59 kills day-1 for males and 0.38 kills day-1 for females, and we estimated biomass recycling per ground-truthed kill at 1796 g for males and 3860 g for females. From our sample of identified ground-truthed kills, ‘gamebirds’ was the most frequently recorded prey category for male eagles and ‘small ungulates’ was the most frequently recorded prey category for female eagles. These results position martial eagles close to sympatric mammalian top predators in trophic pyramids and provide evidence for their classification as a top predator
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
The role of emotions and emotional intelligence during merger of two banking institutions in Brunei
No full textThis study seeks to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in merger. Much of the existing literatures state that merger between organizations is a stressful event that affects the emotions of employees and thus have implication on the degree of support and attitudes towards merger. It is suggested that in changing circumstances such as merger, emotional ability could significantly assist individual employees to better deal with change, adapt to, and cope with changing surroundings. This study therefore used emotional intelligence as emotion-focused coping strategy to buffer negative emotional responses and to acquire positive attitudes towards merger. A two time points longitudinal study was conducted aimed to examine employees’ responses at four months post merger and ten months post merger. MSCEIT ability-based model measurement was used to measure the emotional intelligence of employees. Questionnaires were administered to obtain statistical data on the emotional responses, degree of support and attitudes towards merger. Qualitative data was also collected from interviews in order to tap first hand emotional responses of employees experiencing merger. At the same time emotional intelligence training was conducted in order to investigate whether emotional intelligence can be developed using training intervention. This study found relationships between emotional intelligence and degree of supports. This suggests that individual employees were more able to regulate their emotion and accept merger after ten months merger. The training intervention and Islamic culture could have influence the employees’ positive emotions and support for merger
Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
No full textJ. Serratosa et al.Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality records from tracking studies across the African-Eurasian flyway for 45 species, including raptors, storks, and cranes, covering the period from 2003 to 2021. Our results show a higher frequency of human-induced causes of mortality than natural causes across taxonomic groups, geographical areas, and age classes. Moreover, we found that the frequency of human-induced mortality remained stable over the study period. From the human-induced mortality events with a known cause (n = 637), three main causes were identified: electrocution (40.5 %), illegal killing (21.7 %), and poisoning (16.3 %). Additionally, combined energy infrastructure-related mortality (i.e., electrocution, power line collision, and wind-farm collision) represented 49 % of all human-induced mortality events. Using a random forest model, the main predictors of human-induced mortality were found to be taxonomic group, geographic location (latitude and longitude), and human footprint index value at the location of mortality. Despite conservation efforts, human drivers of bird mortality in the African-Eurasian flyway do not appear to have declined over the last 15 years for the studied group of species. Results suggest that stronger conservation actions to address these threats across the flyway can reduce their impacts on species. In particular, projected future development of energy infrastructure is a representative example where application of planning, operation, and mitigation measures can enhance bird conservation.WCS Tanzania are grateful to the Wyss Foundation and Disney Conservation Fund for funding our vulture monitoring program. Aldina M. A. Franco's work was financed by the FEDER Funds through the Operational Competitiveness Factors Program — COMPETE and by National Funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the project Birds on the move ‘POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028176’, by InBIO (UID/BIA/50027/2013 and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006821), and by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), via the EnvEast DTP, and NERC and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), via the NEXUSS CDT Training in the Smart and Autonomous Observation of the Environment. Funding for the development of the GPS tracking devices was provided by NERC (NE/K006312), Norwich Research Park Translational Fund, University of East Anglia Innovation Funds and Earth and Life Systems Alliance funds. Andrea Santangeli acknowledges support from the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions individual fellowships (Grant no. 101027534). Alessandro Andreotti thanks for the funding received by the European Commission through the Egyptian vulture LIFE project “Measures for the conservation of the Egyptian vulture in Italy and in the Canary Islands” (LIFE16/NAT/IT/000659) and the support provided by Carabinieri Forestali, Stazione Ornitologica Calabrese and De Rerum Natura. Tagging and tracking of Eleonora's falcons from Greece were conducted in the framework of the projects ‘LIFE13 NAT/GR/000909 Conservation measures to assist the adaptation of Falco eleonorae to climate change’ with the financial support of the European Union LIFE Instrument and the Green Fund and ‘Survey and Conservation of Seabirds in Greece’ funded by A.G. Leventis foundation. We would like to thank Marion Gschweng, Jakob Fric and Thord Fransson for assistance in field surveys and bird handling. The latter complied with current laws in Greece. The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Greece) kindly granted permission for capturing and tagging Eleonora's falcons (License numbers: 6ΧΨΑ0-ΟΚΤ, Ψ9Θ24653Π8-ΡΤ3). This is contribution No. 39 from Antikythira Bird Observatory – Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece. Flavio Monti acknowledges support from “Progetto Falco pescatore" (and project collaborators) and wants to thank the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the Maremma Regional Park, the Diaccia Botrona Natural Reserve, the WWF Orbetello Lagoon Natural Reserve and the WWF Orti-Bottagone Marsh Natural Reserve, under the Tuscany Region administration, in Italy. Joan Real and Antonio Hernández-Matías are deeply grateful to Grup de Naturalistes d'Osona-ICHN, Grup d'Anellament de Calldetenes-Osona (GACO), Servei de Biodiversitat de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Ferrovial S.A., Consoci per a la Gestió de Residus Urbans d'Osona, Ministerio de Transición ecológica of Spain (V. Matarranz and A. Díaz). Funding was provided by project PID2020-117909RBI00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 from the National Plan of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and Red Eléctrica de España SAU, Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera and Diputación de Barcelona. Joao L. Guilherme was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grant agreement no. 766417. Beneharo Rodríguez thanks SEO/BirdLife as the organization leading the project of Barbary Falcon GPS-PTT tagging on Lanzarote.
Çağan H. Şekercioğlu and Kyle D. Kittelberger are grateful to Turkey's Department of Nature Conservation and National Parks and the Iğdır Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for providing us with the permits used for this study. Conservation Ecology Lab at the University of Utah School of Biological Sciences. Research permission in Tanzania was granted by the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Tanzania National Parks and Tanzania Wildlife Authority. NCST/5/002/R/817. Vulture research in southern Tanzania was funded by North Carolina Zoo and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Corinne J. Kendall and collaborators are very grateful for the donor support provided by Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), AZA SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction), Dallas Zoo, Disney Conservation Fund, Leiden Conservation Foundation, National Geographic Society, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, and The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. Many thanks to Singira Ngoishiye, TAWA Selous Game Reserve, for their invaluable contributions to ensure successful deployment of satellite tags. Work in Selous Game Reserve (now Nyerere National Park) was conducted in collaboration with Frankfurt Zoological Society, and we appreciate their support. Corinne J. Kendall tagged vultures in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya as part of The Peregrine Fund's Pan African Raptor Conservation Program as part of her PhD at Princeton University and thanks Narok County Council, Mara Conservancy and neighbouring group ranches as well as Africa Eco-camps, Kenya Wildlife Service, National Museums of Kenya, Simon Thomsett, Wilson and Jon Masek, and Wilson Kilong. Work was covered under permit NCST/5/002/R/448 issued by the National Council for Science and Technology.
Damijan Denac thanks Comita d.d. and Elektro Ljubljana d.d. for supporting White Stork telemetry in Slovenia. David R. Barber is grateful to Wallace Research Foundation, The Acopian Family, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, VulPro (South Africa), Clive Barlow, The Gambian Department of Parks and Wildlife Management, Endangered Wildlife Trust (South Africa). Evan Buechley would like to thank the following collaborators that enabled tracking of Egyptian Vultures: KuzeyDoğa Society (Turkey), Iğdır Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (Turkey), American University of Armenia, Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority, Ethiopia Wildlife and Natural History Society, and our colleagues who assisted with Egyptian vulture trapping, including Emrah Çoban, Lale Aktay, Kayahan Ağırkaya, Berkan Demir, Mete Türkoğlu (Turkey); Anush Khachatrian, Garo Kurginyan (Armenia); Sisay Seyfu, Alazar Daka Rufo, Yilma Dellelegn Abebe, Girma Ayalew (Ethiopia). This work was financially supported by the US National Science Foundation, the Christensen Fund, National Geographic Society, the Whitley Fund for Nature, Faruk Yalçın Zoo and KuzeyDoğa’s donors, Turkey’s Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, NorthStar Science and Technology, HawkWatch International, the University of Utah, and The Peregrine Fund. Gradimir Gradev acknowledges funding by Project LIFE for Lesser Kestrel, LIFE19 NAT/BG/001017. Hristo Peshev thanks funding provided by the projects; ‘Recovery of the Populations of Large European Vultures in Bulgaria’ (LIFE08 NAT/BG/000278), ‘Vultures back to LIFE - Bright Future for Black Vulture in Bulgaria’ (LIFE14 NAT/BG/000649) funded by the European Union and project ‘Saving the Balkans’ last vultures: introducing Vulture Safe Areas as a model for scavenger conservation in the Anthropocene’ funded by Whitley Fund for Nature. Inês Catry was funded by contract 2021.03224.CEECIND. Funding for the work on rough-legged buzzards in Norway was provided by the Norwegian Environment Agency and the Environment departments at the Office of the County Governors of Troms and Finnmark, Trøndelag, Innlandet, Vestfold and Telemark, Oslo and Viken, Agder and Vestland. Ivan Pokrovsky is very grateful to everyone who helped collecting data in the field. This study was funded by the Max-Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the German Air and Space Administration (DLR). Partial funding was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2117–422037984. Tagging of common cranes in Estonia was supported by institutional research funding (IUT21-1) at the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, by the Environmental Investment Centre Projects 2015–2017, and by Research Development Projects from Estonian University of Life Sciences.
A significant proportion of the GPS birds provided by Ana Bermejo-Bermejo and Javier de la Puente were marked as part of the Migra programme developed by SEO/BirdLife between 2011 and 2021 and funded by Fundación Iberdrola España. José M. Fernández-García thanks rangers and practitioners from Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (Í. Mendiola, A. Lekuona, F. Diez, M. Olano, F. Ansorregi, E. Iriarte, J. Ugarte, A. Galdos, T. Aierbe, J. Vazquez, H. Beñaran) who performed most of the fieldwork. Licenses were issued by Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa. Technical support by SEO/BirdLife, IREC and governments of Aragón and Navarre. Funding was provided by Interreg POCTEFA Ecogyp (EFA 089/15). Julien Terraube thanks Dr. Beatriz Arroyo for assistance with data collection. The telemetry of Montagu's Harrier in the Czech Republic was supported by the European Union under the Operational Program Environment, project No. CZ.05.4.27/0.0/0.0/19_130/0010743. Lindy Thompson would like to thank John Davies, Colin Rowles, The Endangered Wildlife Trust and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Ethical approval was granted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Animal Ethics Subcommittee (AREC/094/015PD). Fieldwork was done with provincial research permits (ZA/LP/HO/2937, MPB. 5557 and MPB. 5581). Mansoor H. AlJahdhami thanks the Office for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court. Manuel Galán is grateful to Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico. Marcin Tobolka thanks funding from National Science Centre (Poland), 2016/23/D/NZ8/01902. Oliver Krone thanks the “Eagle Club”, Estonia. Orr Spiegel acknowledges funding by the Binational Science Foundation (BSF) 822/2019 grant. Pauline L. Kamath thanks support from NSF-BSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Grant 2015904; USDA—National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project Nos. ME021908 and ME022402 to PLK. Peter Palatitz was funded by LIFE11/NAT/HU/000926 and would like to thank Zsófia Nyerjak-Sumegi, Eva Horvath, Szabolcs Solt and Dr. Peter Fehervari for their help. Rainer Raab thanks the support from LIFE EUROKITE project (LIFE18 NAT/AT/000048). Ralph Buij, Richard Stratton Hatfield, and Shiv Kapila would like to thank the Narok County Government, National Museums of Kenya, the Wildlife Research and Training Institute and the Kenya Wildlife Service for their support of this project. Our work would not have been possible without the field expertise of Simon Thomsett and Lemein Parmuntoro and the technical expertise of the late Theo Gerrits. Finally, we are grateful for the support and help accorded by numerous camps and individuals within the Mara who made this work possible. Ralph Buij wishes to thank the Province of Flevoland for providing financial support for the Marsh Harrier study. Ralph Buij and Kjell Janssens thank Gerard Müskens, Reinhard Vohwinkel, Jan Nagel, Jacques van der Ploeg, and the NOP Birds of Prey Working Group for their cooperation. They acknowledge funding through the WUR Knowledge Base Program: KB36 Biodiversity in a Nature-Inclusive Society (project number KB36-5200044844) - which is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Ran Nathan thanks the Minerva Centre for Movement Ecology and Grants BSF-255/2008, BSF-904/2015, DIP NA 846/1-1, GIF-999-66.8/2008, JNF-KKL 14-093-01-6, ISF 2525/16 to RN for their kind support. Ron Efrat thanks people who helped with field work in Israel, especially to Walter Neser and Korin Reznikov. This work was supported by grant no. I-1465-413.13/2018 of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF). Ron Efrat was supported by the Israeli Academy of Science's Adams Fellowship and the Ben-Gurion University's Negev Fellowship. Thanks to Professor Oded Berger-Tal for his help leading the Egyptian vulture project in Israel. Salim Javed would like to thank the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi for their support. Simeon A. Marin thanks the Project Greater chance for Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) in Bulgaria - Lesser Kestrel Recovery, LIFE11 NAT/BG/360. Šimon Krejčí was supported by the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno grant no. IGA 204/2023/FVHE. Steffen Oppel and Volen Arkumarev highlight that their work was carried out in the framework of the LIFE projects “The Return of the Neophron” (LIFE10 NAT/BG/000152) and “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE” (LIFE16 NAT/BG/000874, www.LifeNeophron.eu) funded by the European Union and co-funded by the A. G. Leventis Foundation, MAVA Foundation, and the BirdLife GEF/UNDP Migratory Soaring Birds project. Steven R. Ewing would like to thank the private individuals and organisations that funded the RSPB's Hen Harrier tagging programme, particularly the European Commission's LIFE programme through the Hen Harrier LIFE project (LIFE13 NAT/UK/000258), Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF), Lothian and Borders Raptor Study Group, Lush Retail Limited, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish and Southern Energy and the Welsh Government. We thank past and present RSPB staff that were involved in the LIFE project, as well as the licenced raptor workers, taggers and members of NERF and the Scottish Raptor Study Groups (too many to name individually) who monitored harrier breeding attempts and facilitated tagging efforts, as well as the many land managers and owners that permitted access to their land. Tracking of Imperial eagle in Bulgaria was funded by the LIFE Program of the European Union under the project “Conservation of Imperial Eagle and Saker Falcon in key Natura 2000 sites in Bulgaria” (LIFE07 NAT/BG/000068). Tomáš Veselovský acknowledges support from the Pannon Eagle LIFE project (LIFE15/NAT/HU/000902).
Tagging of short-toed eagles in Italy was funded by Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato e Piccole Dolomiti Lucane. Wayne M. Getz was funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: 1617982; United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: 904/2015. Rigas Tsiakiris is grateful to the FWFF-Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna (https://www.fwff.org/) with special thanks to Hristo Peshev and Emilian Stoynov for their technical support and advice. Sonja Krüger would like to thank Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and the Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier project for their support. Pietro Serroni would like to thank GREFA for their support and collaboration throughout the reintroduction project, Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica for funding the gps tracking activity, Dipartimento Ambiente - Regione Calabria for funding the reintroduction project, and Dr. Giuseppe Cortone for ringing and marking of birds. Stoycho Stoychev would like to thank Dimitar Demerdzhiev.
Ülo Väli acknowledges support from the EC LIFE programme (project LIFE04NAT/EE/000072), Estonian Environmental Investments Centre (Projects No. 15432 and 15632), the Estonian Environmental Board, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Project no. 79-2017) and the Estonian University of Life Sciences (Project No. P180271). Tracking of saker falcons in Slovakia was funded by the LIFE projects LIFE09 NAT/HU/000384 Conservation of Falco cherrug in NE Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and LIFE06 NAT/H/000096 Conservation of saker (Falco cherrug) in the Carpathian Basin. Vladimír Nemček would like to thank Jozef Chavko, Lucia Deutschová, Boris Maderič, Marcel Uhrin, Michal Noga, Mátyás Prommer, David Horal, Martin Dobrý and local ornithologists from Bulgaria and Germany, who helped us in the field and provided information for us. Support for title page creation and format was provided by AuthorArranger, a tool developed at the National Cancer Institute. We would also like to thank Jonas Waldenström and BirdLife International science team for their help and support.Peer reviewe
