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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Ranging behaviour of a juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis) in South Africa revealed by GPS satellite telemetry
Auteurs :	Vicente Urios, Auteur ; Pascual López-López, Auteur ; Ruben Liminana, Auteur ; Alfonso Godino, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornis Fennica (87(3) 2010)
Article en page(s) :	114-118
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	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 km(2) 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 behaviour 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.

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