Contradiction in Conservation of Island Ecosystems: Plants, Introduced Herbivores and Avian Scavengers in the Canary Islands

By L. Gangoso, J. Donázar, S. Scholz, C. Palacios, F. Hiraldo. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A conservation paradox for the 21st century: The European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, an invasive alien and an endangered native species (2008, background): “Furthermore, on the Canary Islands, carrion of introduced rabbits (and goats) is a mainstay of the diet of island scavengers including endemic races of Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus majorensis and common buzzard Buteo buteo insularum following the extinction of their original prey base (Gan”
Reinventing mutualism between humans and wild fauna: insights from vultures as ecosystem services providers (2013, background): “…grazing practices that guarantee available food resources for the subject species, which also includes management plans aimed at controlling potential future negative impacts associated with these practices, for example, overgrazing and trampling (Gangoso et al. 2006; Platcher & Hampicke 2010).”
Spatial and temporal patterns in the diet of the Andean condor: ecological replacement of native fauna by exotic species (2009, background): “Scavengers are subject to non-natural fluctuations because carcasses, as a food source, can disappear in a few years due to changes in management practices, the prices of livestock or changes in sanitary policies (Donázar, 1993; Tella, 2001; Gangoso et al., 2006).”
Carcasses increase the probability of predation of ground‐nesting birds: a caveat regarding the conservation value of vulture restaurants (2009, background): “We conducted the study in the spring of 2006 (26March to 1April) on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Archipelago), where both natural and human-provided carcasses are available (Gangoso et al., 2005).”
Avoiding surprise effects on Surprise Island: alien species control in a multitrophic level perspective (2009, background): “species, but may also be welcome as prey for endangered native predators (Gangoso et al. 2006).”
Goat grazing, its interactions with other herbivores and biodiversity conservation issues (2012, background): “hereas their populations support native scavengers and redators which include three endangered endemic subpecies of birds (Gangoso et al., 2006).”