Avtor/Urednik		Vrezec, Al; Denac, Damijan; Tome, Davorin
Naslov		Krokar Corvus corax na ozemlju Slovenije in bližnje okolice: analiza pojavljanja od pleistocena do danes ter odnos človeka do vrste
Prevedeni naslov		The Common Raven Corvus corax within the territory of Slovenia and its neighbouring countries: an analysis of the species occurrence from the Pleistocene to the present time and human's relationship with this bird species
Tip		članek
Vir		Scopolia
Vol. in št.		, št. 66
Leto izdaje		2009
Obseg		str. 1-63
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		A historical analysis of the Common Raven Corvus corax occurrence in Slovenia and its neighbouring countries from the Pleistocene to the present time is presented, covering the period of 1.64 million years. Since the species is closely linked to humans, a special relationship has developed as well as changed throughout history, which is in particularly well documented in cultural heritage. Different historical sources have therefore been taken intoaccount, from paleoornithological and ornithoarcheological finds artistic depictions and heraldic symbols to scientific dissertations on the species. Different sources have been interpreted in order to present biological aspectsof the species in terms of its populations and ecological changes through different time periods. The Common raven's present situation and population status were assessed in a special study in which its authors estimated the species' new population size for Slovenia by considering the breeding and non-breeding parts of its population. In the historical sources analysis, the authors focused on the following aspects: (1) occurrence and status of the species, (2) habitat characteristics (breeding, wintering), (3) diet, and (4) interaction with humans.
Izvleček		V delu je predstavljena zgodovinska analiza pojavljanja krokarja Corvus corax v Sloveniji in bližnji okolici od pleistocena do danes, kar zajema obdobje od pred 1,64 milijona let do 21. stoletja. Ker gre za vrsto, ki lahko živi v neposredni človekovi bližini, se je med krokarjem in človekom razvil poseben odnos, ki se je skozi čas z razvojem človeške družbe drastično spreminjal, karse posebej očitno odraža v kulturni dediščini. Zato so v delu obravnavani različni zgodovinski viri od paleoornitoloških in ornitoarheoloških najdb, likovnih upodobitev, heraldike do znanstvenih in strokovnih razprav, ki so v okviru biološke razlage povezani v opis populacijskih in ekoloških sprememb vrste skozi čas. Zdajšnje razmere in populacijsko stanje vrste je bilo raziskano v posebni raziskavi, ki podaja novo oceno števila krokarjev v Sloveniji ločeno glede na gnezdeči in negnezdeči del populacije. Pri analizi virov iz različnih obdobij so se avtorji osredotočili na: (1) pojavljanje in status vrste, (2) značilnosti habitata (gnezdenje, prezimovanje), (3) prehranoin (4) odnos s človekom.