Table 1 Research effort made on each studied category considering the number of species and individuals tagged, research approaches used, mechanistic components studied and number of studies
From: A three-decade review of telemetry studies on vultures and condors
Category | Species (# individuals) | Dominant approach (phenomenological/mechanistic) | Mechanistic components | Number of studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Flight | Gyps fulvus (69) Gyps himalyensis (40) Gymnogyps californianus (39) Cathartes aura (> 19) Coragyps atratus (> 11) Vultur gryphus (10) | N/A | N/A | 12 |
Natal dispersal phase | Gypaetus barbatus (>  50) Aegypius monachus (30) | Phenomenological | N/A | 8 |
Commuting phase | Gyps fulvus (> 76) Vultur gryphus (23) | Mechanistic | Motion capacity Navigation capacity External factors | 3 |
Foraging phase | Gyps fulvus (> 103) Gyps coprotheres (43) Gyps africanus (> 32) Gypaetus barbatus (29) Aegypius monachus (24) Torgos tracheliotus (> 20) Gyps rueppelli (12) Gyps bengalensis (6) Neophron percnopterus (< 6) Gymnogyps califonianus (83) Coragyps atratus (33) Cathartes aura (28) Vultur gryphus (23) | Phenomenological and mechanistic | Internal state Motion capacity Navigation capacity External factors | 25 |
Migration phase | Neophron pernocterus(> 32) Aegypius monachus (19) Gyps himalyensis (18) Gyps fulvus (5) Cathartes aura (> 34) | Phenomenological and mechanistic | Internal state Motion capacity External factors | 19 |
Home range | Gyps fulvus (58) Gyps coprotheres (43) Aegypius monachus (39) Gypaetus barbatus (29) Gyps himalyensis (18) Neophron percnopterus (7) Gyps bengalensis (6) Torgos tracheliotus (2) Gymnogyps californianus (83) Cathartes aura (> 50) Coragyps atratus (> 35) Vultur gryphus (23) | N/A | N/A | 33 |
Management and conservation | Gyps fulvus (> 79) Aegypius monachus (> 44) Gypaetus barbatus (> 41) Gyps coprotheres (30) Neophron percnopterus (27) Gyps africanus(6) Gyps bengalensis (6) Gyps himalyensis (18) Gymnogyps californianus (> 122) Vultur gryphus (44) Coragyps atratus (> 39) Cathartes aura (>  16) | N/A | N/A | 24 |
Methodological development | Gyps fulvus (> 58) Gyps rueppellii (6) Torgos tracheliotos (5) Gyps africanus (5) Gyps himalayensis (1) Gymnogyps californianus (> 51) Coragyps atratus (19) < Cathartes aura (20) Vultur gryphus (6) | N/A | N/A | 13 |