Birds of Prey Biology and conservation in the XXI century
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Biology and conservation in the XXI century
Birds of Prey
José Hernán Sarasola Juan Manuel Grande • Juan José Negro Editors
Birds of Prey Biology and conservation in the XXI century
Editors José Hernán Sarasola Centro para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves Rapaces en Argentina (CECARA) Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam) & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET) Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Juan Manuel Grande Centro para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves Rapaces en Argentina (CECARA) Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (UNLPam) & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET) Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Juan José Negro Department of Evolutionary Ecology Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) Seville, Spain
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Preface
Birds of prey have fascinated humans through time perhaps more than any other group of birds. Proof of the respect, admiration, and veneration that raptors gained in ancient but also in modern human civilizations is found in the diversity of symbolisms, from hieroglyphs to country flags and emblems, condensing the ideals that raptors transmitted to these cultures, such as power, vitality, sacredness, and nobility. From the eighteenth century to modern societies, however, and although raptors are still admired as singular and as the most majestic species among b
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