Electrocution alters the distribution and density of a top predator, the eagle owl Bubo bubo

By F. Sergio, L. Marchesi, P. Pedrini, M. Ferrer, Vincenzo Penteriani. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Ecology

1. F. Sergio
2. J. Donázar
3. F. Hiraldo
4. J. Tella
5. D. Serrano
6. P. Pedrini
7. L. Marchesi
8. I. Newton

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. F. Sergio
2. F. Hiraldo
3. J. Donázar
4. D. Serrano
5. J. Tella
6. I. Newton
7. L. Marchesi
8. P. Pedrini

Citations in the corpus

• Massive immigration balances high anthropogenic mortality in a stable eagle owl population: Lessons for conservation (2010, background): “This turn-over is unusual for a long-lived species and seems to coincide with local casualties: adult eagle owls are often victims of electrocution and traffic accidents in the close vicinity of breeding sites which are then temporarily abandoned (Sergio et al., 2004).”
• Development of chicks and predispersal behaviour of young in the Eagle Owl Bubo bubo (2004, background): “Such characteristics are likely to be more extreme in human-altered landscapes, where, for example, current evidence seems to indicate that predispersal mortality could markedly affect Eagle Owl offsprings, reducing the actual breeding success of nesting territories (Sergio et al. 2004).”
• Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services (2016, background): “, 2016) or the Eurasian eagle owl (Sergio et al., 2004; Martínez et al., 2006).”
• 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).”
• Persistent electrocution mortality of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus over 28 years in East Africa (2012, background): “Several populations of raptors are known to be directly affected by electrocution as a result of unsustainably low adult and juvenile survival probabilities (Sergio et al. 2004, González et al. 2007, Jenkins et al. 2010, Boshoff et al. 2011, Guil et al. 2011, Perez-Garcia et al. 2011).”
• Ecologically justified charisma: preservation of top predators delivers biodiversity conservation (2006, background): “Fifthly, predators often select sites with high topographic and habitat complexity (Sergio, Marchesi & Pedrini 2004a; Sergio et al. 2004b, 2005 and references therein), which also often promotes high biodiversity (Rosenzweig 1995; Gaston 1996).”
• Floater strategies and dynamics in birds, and their importance in conservation biology: towards an understanding of nonbreeders in avian populations (2011, background): “When direct persecution or less obvious, destabilization of a population (e.g. mortality caused by power lines or the illegal use of poison; Sergio et al., 2004; Oro et al., 2008) acts on the breeding population, the availability of a healthy floater pool is critical to persistence of the entire pop”
• Top Predators as Conservation Tools: Ecological Rationale, Assumptions, and Efficacy (2008, background): “As a result, eagle owl abundance promotes higher diversity of the owl community, composed of many conservation-sensitive species (Sergio et al. 2007).”