Age-specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States.

ABSTRACT: In the United States, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits take of golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) unless authorized by permit, and stipulates that all permitted take must be sustainable. Golden eagles are unintentionally killed in conjunction with many lawful activities (e.g., electrocution on power poles, collision with wind turbines). Managers who issue permits for incidental take of golden eagles must determine allowable take levels and manage permitted take accordingly. To aid managers in making these decisions in the western United States, we used an integrated population model to obtain estimates of golden eagle vital rates and population size, and then used those estimates in a prescribed take level (PTL) model to estimate the allowable take level. Estimated mean an

SUBMITTER: Millsap BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9286660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature