Vultures of the World: Essential Ecology and Conservation is based on decades of author's personal experience, dozens of case studies, and numerous up-to-date examples of cutting-edge science. This book introduces to the essential nature of vultures and condors. Not only do these most proficient of all vertebrate scavengers clean up natural and man-made organic waste but they also recycle ecologically essential elements back into both wild and human landscapes, allowing our ecosystems to function successfully across generations of organisms. 264 p.

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• Keith L. Bildstein. Former Sarkis Acopian Director of Conservation Science at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA (USA).
  
   
• Publication date (digital version): 2022-03 - Comstock Publishing Associates (imprint of Cornell University Press).