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Munir Z. Virani

Observed names: M Z Virani, M. Virani, M. Z. Virani, MUNIR Z. VIRANI, Munir Z. Virani, Munir Virani, Munir Z Virani, Virani, Munir, Virani, Munir Z.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3728-6677
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-3728-6677
OpenAlex ID: A5027157752
Diclofenac residues as the cause of vulture population decline in Pakistan
2004 · J. Lindsay Oaks, Martin Gilbert, et al. · Nature · 1,867
Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide
2011 · Darcy L. Ogada, Felicia Keesing, et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 513
Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction
2015 · Darcy Ogada, Phil Shaw, et al. · Conservation Letters · 418
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State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations
2018 · Christopher J.W. McClure, James R.S. Westrip, et al. · Biological Conservation · 394
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Supplementary feeding and endangered avian scavengers: benefits, caveats, and controversies
2016 · Ainara Cortés‐Avizanda, Guillermo Blanco, et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 200
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Major declines in the abundance of vultures and other scavenging raptors in and around the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya
2010 · Munir Z. Virani, Corinne Kendall, et al. · Biological Conservation · 173
Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations
2021 · Matthew J. Kauffman, Francesca Cagnacci, et al. · Science · 155
The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures
2008 · Deborah J. Pain, Christopher G. R. Bowden, et al. · Bird Conservation International · 134
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Carbofuran and its Toxic Metabolites Provide Forensic Evidence for Furadan Exposure in Vultures (Gyps africanus) in Kenya
2010 · Peter O. Otieno, Joseph O. Lalah, et al. · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · 114
Do large birds experience previously undetected levels of hunting pressure in the forests of Central and West Africa?
2014 · Robin C. Whytock, Ralph Buij, et al. · Oryx · 87
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Breeding and mortality of Oriental White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis in Punjab Province, Pakistan
2002 · Martin Gilbert, Munir Z. Virani, et al. · Bird Conservation International · 83
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Soil and water contamination with carbofuran residues in agricultural farmlands in Kenya following the application of the technical formulation Furadan
2010 · Peter O. Otieno, Joseph O. Lalah, et al. · Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B · 75
Rapid population declines and mortality clusters in three Oriental white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis colonies in Pakistan due to diclofenac poisoning
2006 · Martin Gilbert, Richard T. Watson, et al. · Oryx · 72
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African Vultures Don’t Follow Migratory Herds: Scavenger Habitat Use Is Not Mediated by Prey Abundance
2014 · Corinne J. Kendall, Munir Z. Virani, et al. · PLoS ONE · 67
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Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
2024 · Juan Serratosa, Steffen Oppel, et al. · Biological Conservation · 63
Mechanisms of Coexistence in Vultures: Understanding the Patterns of Vulture Abundance at Carcasses in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
2012 · Corinne Kendall, Munir Z. Virani, et al. · Ornithological Applications · 58
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Copper, lead and cadmium concentrations in surface water, sediment and fish, C. Carpio, samples from Lake Naivasha: effect of recent anthropogenic activities
2012 · T. M. Mutia, M. Z. Virani, et al. · Environmental Earth Sciences · 53
African savanna raptors show evidence of widespread population collapse and a growing dependence on protected areas
2024 · Phil Shaw, Darcy Ogada, et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 51
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Tracing the colonization history of the Indian Ocean scops-owls (Strigiformes: Otus) with further insight into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna
2008 · Jérôme Fuchs, Jean-Marc Pons, et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 51
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Current and future suitability of wintering grounds for a long-distance migratory raptor
2017 · Christina Kassara, Laura Gangoso, et al. · Scientific Reports · 50
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First evidence that populations of the critically endangered Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus in Pakistan have increased following the ban of the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac in south Asia
2012 · M. JAMSHED I. CHAUDHRY, DARCY L. OGADA, et al. · Bird Conservation International · 49
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Habitat availability influences migration speed, refueling patterns and seasonal flyways of a fly-and-forage migrant
2020 · Thomas G. Hadjikyriakou, Emmanuel C. Nwankwo, et al. · Movement Ecology · 46
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Assessing Mortality of African Vultures Using Wing Tags and GSM-GPS Transmitters
2012 · Corinne J. Kendall, Munir Z. Virani · Journal of Raptor Research · 40
Human impacts on the world’s raptors
2022 · Christopher J. O’Bryan, James R. Allan, et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 38
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Spatial Distribution and Temporal Trend in Concentration of Carbofuran, Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos Ethyl Residues in Sediment and Water in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
2012 · Peter O. Otieno, Karl-Werner Schramm, et al. · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · 32
Works count: 109
Citation count: 5,563
H-index: 30
I10-index: 51
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