András Kovács,^* Iván Demeter,^** Imre Fatér,^*** János Bagyura,^**** Károly Nagy,^***** Tamás Szitta,^****** Gábor Firmánszky,^******* Márton Horváth<sup>********


*</sup>András Kovács is an ecologist. He worked full time for the Eastern Imperial Eagle LIFE-Nature Project (2002–2005) at MME/Birdlife Hungary and was lead author and editor of the Eastern Imperial Eagle Management Guidelines for Hungary. He has specialized in the population ecology and the relationship between habitat quality and breeding success of the Eastern Imperial Eagle since 1998. He has been active in the monitoring and conservation of raptors since 1986. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, 1121, Budapest, Költö u. 21, Hungary. kovacs.andras@mme.hu
^**Iván Demeter is a biologist. He has been volunteering in raptor conservation since 1989 and worked full time for the Eastern Imperial Eagle LIFE-Nature Project (2002–2005) at MME/Birdlife Hungary. Currently Iván works for an environmental management company. His address: Terra-Vita, 3300 Eger, Grónay u. 10. Pf. 45, Hungary. divan00@axelero.hu
^***Imre Fatér is an agri-manager and has worked full time for MME/BirdLife Hungary since 1989 as manager of the Great Bustard Project. He has also taken an active part in field surveys of birds of prey since 1989 and was a field assistant in the Eastern Imperial Eagle LIFE-Nature Project (2002–2005) at MME/Birdlife Hungary. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, 1121, Budapest, Költö u. 21, Hungary. fater.imre@mme.hu
^****János Bagyura was a founder of MME in 1974 and has been Head of MME's Raptor Conservation Group since 1986. He is a full-time senior national coordinator of the raptor monitoring, conservation, and management activities at MME. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, 1121, Budapest, Költö u. 21, Hungary. bagyura.janos@mme.hu
^*****Károly Nagy has been Head of the Monitoring Centre, MME/BirdLife Hungary since 1999. He is also the monitoring coordinator of the national medium-voltage electric pole surveys aimed at studying the effects of electrocution on Hungarian bird populations, with a special emphasis on raptors. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, 1121, Budapest, Költö u. 21, Hungary. nagy.karoly@mme.hu
^******Tamás Szitta is a biologist. He has been working for the Bükk National Park Directorates in northeastern Hungary since 1977. He was a founder of MME's Raptor Conservation Group and is one of the leading senior raptor conservationists in Hungary, specializing in the conservation and management of strictly protected raptor species. His address: Bükk National Park Directorate, 3300 Eger, Sánc u.6, Hungary. tamas.szitta@gmail.com
^*******Gábor Firmánszky has been a game manager since 1997 and is one of the leading senior raptor specialists in the Zemplén Hills of northeastern Hungary, dealing with the feeding and breeding ecology of rare and threatened birds of prey and owls. He has worked for the Bükk and Aggtelek National Park Directorates since 1993. His address: Aggtelek National Park Directorate, 3758 Jósvafö, Tengerszem oldal 1, Hungary. firman@freemail.hu
^********Márton Horváth is a zoologist and also a doctoral student. His studies focus on population dynamics, population genetics, and behavioral ecology of Imperial Eagles. Márton works as national coordinator in the Eastern Imperial Eagle LIFE-Nature Project (2002–present) at MME/Birdlife Hungary and was project manager of the project between 2002 and 2005. His address: MME/BirdLife Hungary, 1121, Budapest, Költö u. 21, Hungary. horvath.marton@mme.hu