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Management and Conservation of Urban Raptors

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Urban Raptors

Abstract

As many chapters in this book have discussed, whether increased urbanization has overall benefits for raptors is not yet clear. In fact, the fundamental ecology of urban raptors is poorly understood, especially on a long-term basis.1,2,3

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Bird, D.M., Rosenfield, R.N., Septon, G., Gahbauer, M.A., Barclay, J.H., Lincer, J.L. (2018). Management and Conservation of Urban Raptors. In: Boal, C.W., Dykstra, C.R. (eds) Urban Raptors. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-841-1_18

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