Carcass removal by scavengers and search accuracy affect bird mortality estimates at power lines

By C. Ponce, J. Alonso, G. Argandoña, A. G. Fernández, Marisa Carrasco. 2010

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Subfields: Ecology

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Direct human‐caused mortality of birds: improving quantification of magnitude and assessment of population impact (2012, background): “2008), power lines (Ponce et al. 2010), and automobiles (Santos et al.”
Persistent electrocution mortality of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus over 28 years in East Africa (2012, background): “These differences could potentially be caused by lower mortality risk, or by changes in the local scavenger community affecting the persistence of carcasses (Flint et al. 2010, Ponce et al. 2010).”
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes (2015, unknown): “Several studies have accounted for factors that contribute negative bias to mortality estimates, including scavenger removal of carcasses and imperfect surveyor detection of carcasses (e.g., for buildings, Hager et al. 2013; for vehicles, Santos et al. 2011; for power lines, Ponce et al. 2010).”
Underestimating the damage: interpreting cetacean carcass recoveries in the context of the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident (2011, background): “This is the approach that is commonly taken to estimate the effects of power lines on bird mortality, for example, in which it has been shown in one instance that carcass counts underestimate total mortality by 32% (Ponce et al. 2010).”