Modelling the effects of persecution on the population dynamics of golden eagles in Scotland

By D. Whitfield, A. Fielding, D. McLeod, P. Haworth. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Poison-related mortality effects in the endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) population in Spain (2009, background): “…Spain e-mail: margalida@inf.entorno.es affects adult survival, so increasing the replacement of adult breeders creates ecological traps, which attract adult floaters and immatures and increases pre-adult mortality in birds that may originate from persecution-free areas (Whitfield et al. 2004a, b).”
Growth and demography of a re‐introduced population of White‐tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla (2009, background): “…core population (around half of phase 2 recruits paired with wild-bred birds) may have been offset by the location of a release site on the eastern edge of the established range and closer to areas of upland habitat, where illegal persecution of eagles continues (Whitfield et al. 2003, 2004).”
A review of survival estimates for raptors and owls (2016, background): “Those raptors that are predators of game birds or racing pigeons have long been subject in Britain and elsewhere to shooting, poisoning and other forms of persecution (e.g. Etheridge et al. 1997, Whitfield et al. 2004, 2008, Newton 2013).”
Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density‐dependence (2006, background): “These anthropogenic effects may create ecological traps in territories highly suitable for reproduction, thus having the potential for structuring populations and modelling their dynamics at large scales (Whitfield et al. 2004a, 2004b, Sergio et al. 2004).”
The effect of avoidance rates on bird mortality predictions made by wind turbine collision risk models (2006, background): “In a species such as Golden Eagle with a low reproductive rate (Whitfield et al. 2004), such an increase is likely to have much greater impacts on populations than it would in a passerine species.”
Illegal killing slows population recovery of a re-introduced raptor of high conservation concern – The red kite Milvus milvus (2010, background): “In the absence of this persecution, it is anticipated that the population could expand and fill currently vacant territories (Whitfield et al., 2004b).”