New insight into spatial ecology of Griffon Vulture (Gypsfulvus) on the Balkans provides opportunity for focusing conservation actions for a threatened social scavenger.

ABSTRACT: The knowledge in the behaviour and movement of endangered species is of key importance for the precise targeting and assessing the efficiency of nature conservation actions, especially considering vultures, which explore vast areas to locate ephemeral and unpredictable food resources. Therefore, a total of 51 Griffon Vultures (Gypsfulvus) from both the re-introduced population and the autochthonous Balkan Peninsula (Balkans) colonies have been tagged with GPS/GSM transmitters in recent years, in order to study their seasonal and spatial distribution. The current study presents the analysis of the high-resolution GPS location data, acquired between January 2016 and March 2021. A total of 1,138,383 locations (an average number of 23,716 ± 18,886 positions per bird, ranged between 2,51

SUBMITTER: Peshev H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8405602 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature