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Kruger, S. C. & Amar, A. 2018. Lead exposure in the Critically Endangered Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) population in Southern Africa. Journal of Raptor Research 52(4): 491-499.
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Kruger, S. C., Simmons, R. E. & Amar, A. 2015. Anthropogenic activities influence the abandonment of Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) territories in southern Africa. The Condor 117(1): 94-107.
Krüger, S. C.; Allan, D. G.; Jenkins, A. R.; Amar, A. 2014. Trends in territory occupancy, distribution and density of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis in southern Africa. Bird Conservation International 24: 162-177.
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Margalida, A.; Heredia, R.; Razin, M.; Hernández, F. J. 2008. Sources of variation in mortality of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in Europe. Bird Conservation International 18(1): 1-10.
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Paudel, K., Bhusal, K. P., Acharya, R., Chaudhary, A., Baral, H. S., Chaudhary, I. P., Green, R. E., Cuthbert, R. J. & Galligan, T. H. 2016. Is the population trend of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in Upper Mustang, Nepal, shaped by diclofenac? Forktail 32: 54-57.
Rushworth, I. and Krüger, S. 2014. Wind farms threaten southern Africa’s cliff-nesting vultures. Ostrich 85(1): 13-23.
Simmons, R. E.; Jenkins, A. R. 2007. Is climate change influencing the decline of Cape and Bearded Vultures in southern Africa? Vulture News: 41-51.
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Symes, A.; Taylor, J.; Mallon, D.; Porter, R.; Simms, C.; Budd, K. 2015. The Conservation Status and Distribution of the Breeding Birds of the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority.
IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group
Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
European Union Species Action Plan
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