Publications by authors named "Shiao-Yu Hong"
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- - The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is a widely spread bird of prey, but its populations outside of Europe, particularly in Southeast Asia, are not well understood due to outdated taxonomy and lack of genetic data.
- - The subspecies M. m. formosanus, found in Taiwan and Hainan, is historically documented but faces significant population changes and lacks genetic information.
- - Genetic analysis revealed that Taiwanese Black Kites have two haplogroups from M. m. lineatus and a new group possibly from M. m. formosanus; Taiwan now hosts two genetically distinct populations due to local declines and the expansion of M. m. lineatus.
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are known to cause extensive secondary exposure in top predators in Europe and North America, but there remains a paucity of data in Asia. In this study, we collected 221 liver samples from 21 raptor species in Taiwan between 2010 and 2018. Most birds were recovered from rescue organizations, but some free-ranging individuals were obtained from bird-strike prevention measures at airports.
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