Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites

We studied the factors that determine the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at 134 carcasses experimentally distributed in Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPA) in western and central Spain. Our goals were to assess the use of these carcasses and by-products in order to find out...

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Autores: Moreno-Opo, Rubén, Margalida, Antoni, Arredondo, Ángel, Guil, Francisco, Martín, Manuel, Higuero, Rafael, Soria, Carlos, Guzmán, José Luis
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Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palavra-chave:Aegypius monachus
Carrion
Cinereous vulture
Feeding sites
Food preferences
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spelling Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sitesMoreno-Opo, RubénMargalida, AntoniArredondo, ÁngelGuil, FranciscoMartín, ManuelHiguero, RafaelSoria, CarlosGuzmán, José LuisAegypius monachusCarrionCinereous vultureFeeding sitesFood preferencesWe studied the factors that determine the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at 134 carcasses experimentally distributed in Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPA) in western and central Spain. Our goals were to assess the use of these carcasses and by-products in order to find out the cinereous vulture's food preferences and thus provide recommendations for the management of specific vulture restaurants for this species. Our results suggest that the number of cinereous vultures that come to feed on the carcasses is related to the quantity of biomass present and to the types of pieces of the provided food. Cinereous vultures prefer individual, medium-sized muscular pieces and small peripheral scraps of meat and tendon. The time that elapses before the cinereous vultures begin to consume a carcass depends on the biomass delivered, the number of pieces into which it is divided, and the type categories of the provided food. The population density of the species in our study area and the breeding stage seem to determine the time invested in feeding at the carcasses. These results may help managers to optimise the creation of vulture restaurants and favour their use by cinereous vultures.Our study was carried out within the framework of the monitoring programme of the LIFE 03/ NAT/E/0050 project ’Conservación del águila imperial ibérica, buitre negro y cigüeña negra’ (Conservation of the Spanish imperial eagle, cinereous vulture and black stork), implemented by the Fundación CBD-Habitat in conjunction with the autonomous communities of Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Madrid, and the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs). It was co-funded by the European Commission.Peer reviewedBioOneJunta de ExtremaduraJunta de Comunidades de Castilla-La ManchaMinisterio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (España)Fundación CBD HabitatEuropean CommissionComunidad de Madrid201920192010info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/178004reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.2981/09-037Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1780042026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
title Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
spellingShingle Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
Moreno-Opo, Rubén
Aegypius monachus
Carrion
Cinereous vulture
Feeding sites
Food preferences
title_short Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
title_full Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
title_fullStr Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
title_sort Factors influencing the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at carcasses: food preferences and implications for the management of supplementary feeding sites
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moreno-Opo, Rubén
Margalida, Antoni
Arredondo, Ángel
Guil, Francisco
Martín, Manuel
Higuero, Rafael
Soria, Carlos
Guzmán, José Luis
author Moreno-Opo, Rubén
author_facet Moreno-Opo, Rubén
Margalida, Antoni
Arredondo, Ángel
Guil, Francisco
Martín, Manuel
Higuero, Rafael
Soria, Carlos
Guzmán, José Luis
author_role author
author2 Margalida, Antoni
Arredondo, Ángel
Guil, Francisco
Martín, Manuel
Higuero, Rafael
Soria, Carlos
Guzmán, José Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Junta de Extremadura
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (España)
Fundación CBD Habitat
European Commission
Comunidad de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aegypius monachus
Carrion
Cinereous vulture
Feeding sites
Food preferences
topic Aegypius monachus
Carrion
Cinereous vulture
Feeding sites
Food preferences
description We studied the factors that determine the presence of the cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus at 134 carcasses experimentally distributed in Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPA) in western and central Spain. Our goals were to assess the use of these carcasses and by-products in order to find out the cinereous vulture's food preferences and thus provide recommendations for the management of specific vulture restaurants for this species. Our results suggest that the number of cinereous vultures that come to feed on the carcasses is related to the quantity of biomass present and to the types of pieces of the provided food. Cinereous vultures prefer individual, medium-sized muscular pieces and small peripheral scraps of meat and tendon. The time that elapses before the cinereous vultures begin to consume a carcass depends on the biomass delivered, the number of pieces into which it is divided, and the type categories of the provided food. The population density of the species in our study area and the breeding stage seem to determine the time invested in feeding at the carcasses. These results may help managers to optimise the creation of vulture restaurants and favour their use by cinereous vultures.
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