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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
TABLE 9.
DATA ON THE MORTALITY OF CINEREOUS VULTURE IN
NORTHEN CAUCASUS AND TRANSCAUCASUS IN 1968-2004
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Reasons of mortality |
Regions |
Total |
Data from archives* |
|
Transcaucasus |
N Caucasus |
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No |
% |
No |
% |
|
Shooting |
6 |
28,57 |
2 |
33,33 |
8 |
29,63 |
12 |
25,00 |
|
Death in traps baited with meat for predatory mammals |
1 |
4,76 |
- |
- |
1 |
3,70 |
1 |
2,08 |
|
Death on poisoned baits |
4 |
9,05 |
- |
- |
4 |
14,81 |
5 |
10,42 |
|
Trapping of adults |
1 |
4,76 |
1 |
16,67 |
2 |
7,41 |
4 |
8,33 |
|
Taking of youngs from nests |
3 |
14,29 |
1 |
16,67 |
4 |
14,81 |
7 |
14,58 |
|
Taking of eggs from nests |
4 |
19,05 |
1 |
16,67 |
5 |
18,52 |
3 |
6,25 |
|
Collisions with electric lines |
1 |
4,76 |
- |
- |
1 |
3,70 |
- |
- |
|
Collisions with plane |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2,08 |
|
Electrocution |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2,08 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
4,76 |
1 |
16,67 |
2 |
7,41 |
14 |
29,17 |
|
In total: |
21 |
100,00 |
6 |
100,00 |
27 |
100,00 |
48 |
100,00 |
* - data for the period from 1968 to 1972 from the archivies of various Societies of hunters, ZOOs,
Nature and Game Reserves, State organizations of nature conservation, etc .
PARASITES
The following species of Nematodes and Acanthocephales were registered
for the Cinereous Vulture in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan:
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1. Cyrnea mansioni (Seurat, 1914) Chabaud, 1958;
Areas: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.
2. Cyrnea tulostoma (Hemprich et Echrenberg, 1866) Chabaud, 1958;
Areas: Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.
3. Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder, 1800) Baylis, 1920;
Areas: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.
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Information source: "Nematody i akantotsefaly ptits prichernomorskikh i prikaspiiskikh raionov
[Nematodes and Akantocephales of birds of Black and Caspian seaside areas]. 1983.
Editor-in-chief B.E. Kurashvili.
Tbilisi, Metsniereba publishing house: Pp. 1-255;
Bibliography (n=742) on pp. 208-243. Text in Russian.
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