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Nove knjige / New books
towards raptor monitoring methods standardization 
across Europe, the book PDF is fully available at 
EURAPMON website (http://www.eurapmon.
net/sites/default/files/raptors_2nd_ed_001_intro_
sections.pdf ) thanks to the authors and publisher. We 
can only wish that this field guide, which is highly 
valuable for raptor researchers, will be upgraded in the 
near future with all European raptors and will serve as 
a key reference for setting raptor monitoring schemes 
in Europe in a standardized, comprehensive and pan-
European way.
Al Vrezec
Slovak Raptor Journal. – Published by: Raptor 
Protection of Slovakia (RPS). ISSN: 337-3463
As top predators and usually as species of special 
conservation concern, raptors are frequent research 
objects to which a special raptor research community 
is devoted. Raptor researchers are commonly 
organized in specific raptor research societies, leading 
also to special raptor related journals. The Raptor 
Research Foundation from North America, for 
example, is publishing the most renowned raptor 
focused journal The Journal of Raptor Research. 
However, the raptor research community is also 
strong in Europe and is becoming more and more 
united, but not yet covered with a common scientific 
journal. One of the possibilities is the Slovak Raptor 
Journal, a new European raptor focused journal 
covering birds of prey and owls launched in 2007 by 
the Raptor Protection of Slovakia society. The journal 
is published annually, with all papers published in 
English with Slovak abstracts. All papers are also 
available through De Gruyter Online (Versita) at 
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/srj. The journal is 
aimed to be international and is fully opened to all 
topics related to birds of prey and owls. Papers in 
all six currently published issues are focused mainly 
on raptor studies in Slovakia and in eastern Europe, 
although some published studies are also dedicated 
to raptor studies in Siberia as well as to some large-
scale review studies such as an overview of colour 
ringing and satellite telemetry tracking of the Lesser 
Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina, Greater Spotted Eagle 
A. clanga and hybrids. Some issues have been more 
focused on certain raptor species compiling several 
papers on, for example, the Lesser Spotted Eagle or 
Imperial Eagle A. heliaca biology and ecology. 
There were several attempts to unite the specific 
and very diverse raptor research community in Europe 
and to launch European scientific journal for raptor 
research, which would cover all different aspects of 
raptor studies in Europe, including monitoring issues. 
The Slovak Raptor Journal is currently the most 
perspective journal to reach this goal.
Al Vrezec