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Protected areas enter a new era of uncertain challenges: extinction of a non-exigent falcon in Doñana National Park

A study from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has documented the extinction of the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) in Doñana National Park due to prey depletion, farmland intensificiation, chemical contamination, predation, and climate warming.
This extinction suggests that declines of many species could be occurring and remain undetected in less monitored areas with less funds for conservation