Ranging behaviour of a juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis) in South Africa revealed by GPS satellite telemetry
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Title: | Ranging behaviour of a juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis) in South Africa revealed by GPS satellite telemetry |
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Authors: | Urios, Vicente | López-López, Pascual | Limiñana, Rubén | Godino, Alfonso |
Research Group/s: | Zoología de Vertebrados |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales |
Keywords: | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis | GPS satellite telemetry | Distribution range | South Africa |
Knowledge Area: | Zoología |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | BirdLife Finland |
Citation: | URIOS, Vicente, et al. "Ranging behaviour of a juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis) in South Africa revealed by GPS satellite telemetry". Ornis Fennica. Vol. 87, No. 3 (2010). ISSN 0030-5685, pp. 114-118 |
Abstract: | A second-year Bearded Vulture was equipped with a GPS transmitter and located on average 10 times a day from 6 September 2007 to 22 June 2008. During this period, the individual ranged in an area of ca. 38,500 km2 across the mountainous regions of Lesotho and the north-eastern Cape province of South Africa, thus covering on average 66 km/day, mainly in areas covered by scrubland and herbaceous vegetation. Three different activity areas with a temporal overlap of locations within them were observed. The ranging behavior could be explained by two non-exclusive alternative hypotheses: food searching and territory exploration. The information provided here may serve to identify potential threats for the species, such as poisoning, collision with power lines, food scarcity and persecution. |
Sponsor: | Terra Natura Foundation. P. López-López is supported by a FPU grant of the Spanish Ministry of Education (reference AP2005-874). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/22728 |
ISSN: | 0030-5685 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Peer Review: | si |
Appears in Collections: | INV - ZV - Artículos Científicos INV - CYT - Otros Trabajos de Investigación |
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