Resource predictability modulates spatial-use networks in an endangered scavenger species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in human-induced resource availability can alter the behaviour of free-living species and affect their foraging strategies. The future European Landfill Waste Directive and Circular Economy Action Plan will reduce the number of predictable anthropogenic food subsidies (PAFS), above all, by closing landfills to preclude negative effects on human health. Obligate avian scavengers, the most threatened group of birds worldwide, are the most likely group of species that will be forced to change their behaviour and use of space in response to landfill site closures. Here, we examine the possible consequences of these management decisions on the foraging patterns of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) in an expanding population in the Iberian Peninsula.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Cerecedo-Iglesias C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10120099 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature