| Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment AE Bates, RB Primack, BS Biggar, TJ Bird, ME Clinton, RJ Command, ... Biological conservation 263, 109175, 2021 | 157 | 2021 |
| High juvenile mortality during migration in a declining population of a long‐distance migratory raptor S Oppel, V Dobrev, V Arkumarev, V Saravia, A Bounas, E Kret, M Velevski, ... Ibis 157 (3), 545-557, 2015 | 138 | 2015 |
| Spatial and temporal variability in migration of a soaring raptor across three continents WL Phipps, P López-López, ER Buechley, S Oppel, E Álvarez, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 323, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Understanding, quantifying and mapping the use of poison by commercial farmers in Namibia–Implications for scavengers' conservation and ecosystem health A Santangeli, V Arkumarev, N Rust, M Girardello Biological Conservation 204, 205-211, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Population decline and range contraction of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in the Balkan Peninsula M Velevski, SC Nikolov, B Hallmann, V Dobrev, L Sidiropoulos, V Saravia, ... Bird Conservation International 25 (4), 440-450, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life‐history trade‐off ER Buechley, S Oppel, R Efrat, WL Phipps, I Carbonell Alanís, E Álvarez, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 90 (5), 1228-1238, 2021 | 58 | 2021 |
| Congregations of wintering Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus in Afar, Ethiopia: present status and implications for conservation V Arkumarev, V Dobrev, YD Abebe, G Popgeorgiev, SC Nikolov Ostrich 85 (2), 139-145, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Identifying critical migratory bottlenecks and high‐use areas for an endangered migratory soaring bird across three continents ER Buechley, S Oppel, WS Beatty, SC Nikolov, V Dobrev, V Arkumarev, ... Journal of Avian Biology 49 (7), e01629, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| Assessing the effectiveness of intensive conservation actions: Does guarding and feeding increase productivity and survival of Egyptian Vultures in the Balkans? S Oppel, V Dobrev, V Arkumarev, V Saravia, A Bounas, E Kret, T Skartsi, ... Biological Conservation 198, 157-164, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| A practical guide to methods for attaching research devices to vultures and condors D Anderson, V Arkumarev, K Bildstein, A Botha, C Bowden, M Davies, ... | 33 | 2020 |
| Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa JG Gauld, JP Silva, PW Atkinson, P Record, M Acácio, V Arkumarev, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 59 (6), 1496-1512, 2022 | 30 | 2022 |
| Major threats to a migratory raptor vary geographically along the eastern Mediterranean flyway S Oppel, V Arkumarev, S Bakari, V Dobrev, V Saravia-Mullin, S Adefolu, ... Biological Conservation 262, 109277, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
| Diet is not related to productivity but to territory occupancy in a declining population of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus V Dobrev, Z Boev, V Arkumarev, D Dobrev, E Kret, V Saravia, A Bounas, ... Bird Conservation International 26 (3), 273-285, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Landscape factors affecting territory occupancy and breeding success of Egyptian Vultures on the Balkan Peninsula S Oppel, V Dobrev, V Arkumarev, V Saravia, A Bounas, A Manolopoulos, ... Journal of Ornithology 158, 443-457, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Seasonal dynamics in the exploitation of natural carcasses and supplementary feeding stations by a top avian scavenger V Arkumarev, D Dobrev, A Stamenov, N Terziev, A Delchev, S Stoychev Journal of Ornithology 162, 723-735, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability C Howard, EL Marjakangas, A Morán-Ordóñez, P Milanesi, A Abuladze, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 4304, 2023 | 21 | 2023 |
| Population reinforcement and demographic changes needed to stabilise the population of a migratory vulture S Oppel, V Saravia, A Bounas, V Arkumarev, E Kret, V Dobrev, D Dobrev, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 58 (12), 2711-2721, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Using GPS and accelerometry data to study the diet of a top avian scavenger V Arkumarev, D Dobrev, A Stamenov, N Terziev, A Delchev, S Stoychev Bird Study 67 (3), 300-310, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Pursuit of ‘sustainable’development may contribute to the vulture crisis in East Africa S Oppel, AD Ruffo, S Bakari, M Tesfaye, S Mengistu, M Wondafrash, ... Bird Conservation International 32 (2), 173-187, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
| Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: a review D Dobrev, R Tsiakiris, T Skartsi, V Dobrev, V Arkumarev, K Stara, ... Bird Conservation International 32 (2), 206-221, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |