Global change challenges the Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax): modelling extinction risk with respect to predicted climate and land use changes.

Summarizes the results of a modelling study investigating the response of a specific raptor population, Tawny eagles Aquila rapax, in the south-western Kalahari, southern Africa, to climatic and land use changes. Similarity of the Bateleur species from an ecological perspective; Feeding of Tawny Eagles mainly on small mammals and game birds; Basis of the study on an individual-oriented, stochastic simulation model of Tawny eagle population dynamics.