In the monitoring, we are seeking answers for the following questions:
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How is the number of breeding pairs changing in the studied population?
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Where are the most important habitats for saker falcons? (breeding, foraging, wintering and temporary settlement areas)
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How successful are the breeding of pairs in the subsequent years? (occupation of nests, breeding, raising chicks, fledging)
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What areas are the best quality areas? (breeding success, stability of eyries)
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What are the prey species and what are their proportions in the diet of various pairs?
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What the main reasons for mortality in the various age classes? (egg, chick, juvenile, immature, adult)
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What are seasonal threats threatening the breeding?
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What are the impacts of the conservation measures?
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What are the long term changes threatening the studied population?
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What are the results of the different conservation measures?
