During the course of the 20th century many changes took place in the area encompassing Israel and the Palestinian Authority (hereafter Israel; ca. 28,000 km): the human population grew from ca. 650,000 inhabitants during 1900–1903 (Rupin, 1920) to ca. 10 million in 2008, i.e. a 16-fold increase. This population increase was accompanied by an increase in land use for human needs – agriculture, a...

Intensive inventory work on the Mt. Kitanglad massif of north-central Mindanao, Bukidnon Province, Republic of the Philippines, revealed a diverse avifauna. In all, 198 bird species were detected, of which about 172 were likely breeding in the area, placing the mountain among the most diverse sites that have been surveyed in the country. Three migratory species (Luscinia calliope, Turdus chryso...

Native forests are shrinking worldwide, causing a loss of biological diversity. Our ability to prioritize forest conservation actions is hampered by a lack of information about the relative impacts of different types of forest loss on biodiversity. In particular, we lack rigorous comparisons of the effects of clearing forests for tree plantations and for human settlements, two leading causes of...

Abstract The article lists the bird species of solid waste landfills for period 2019–2022 in Kharkiv region Ukraine. A total 73 56 genera, 27 families and 11 orders were registered at seven largest region. We performed faunal ecological analyses to determine structure landfills’ avifauna by status, relative abundance, distribution landfill zones, protection status. found play an important role ...

The paper considers issues of interaction between aviation and avifauna, relevant in terms flight safety habitats for birds living the impact area ​​ airports. A number parameters aircraft air traffic flow significantly affect behavior diversity respective areas. analysis showed that species composition avifauna at airports includes very few fully synanthropic species, while semi-synanthropes, ...

Miocoracias chenevali, nov. gen., nov. spec., a new genus and species of roller (Aves: Coraciiformes s. s.: Coraciidae) is described from the Early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy. This family had not yet been reported from the rich fossil avifauna of this area. Although the material is fragmentary it shows morphological characteristics different from those of the extinct family Geranopteridae, ...