BLACK KITE PROJECT

The density of Black Kites in Delhi, India, may represent the highest concentration of a raptor recorded in the world and has.....

There is a growing interest in the behavioural and life history mechanisms that allow animal species to cope with rapidly expanding urban habitats, which impose frequent proximity to humans.

It is well-documented that urban waste contributes to the economy by creating livelihoods. Less is known, however, about the role of urban waste in producing human–animal ecologies involving livestock and wild birds.

The deployment of electronic devices on animals is rapidly expanding and producing leapfrog advances in ecological knowledge. 

Growing urbanization is increasing human-wildlife interactions, including attacks towards humans by vertebrate predators, an aspect that has received extremely scarce investigation.

How does a very urbanized, paved, and populated landscape manage to support enormous flocks of birds in tropical cities? This is mostly unknown for urban birds like me: the Black Kite Milvus migrans.

Research in urban ecology is growing rapidly in response to the exponential growth of the urban environment. 

Human socio-cultural factors are recognized as fundamental drivers of urban ecological processes.........

We used GPS-telemetry to uncover the migration routes and breeding areas of the massive population of migratory Black-eared kites wintering around the megacity of Delhi....