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Titre :	Managing supplementary feeding for avian scavengers: Guidelines for optimal design using ecological criteria
Auteurs :	Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, Auteur ; Martina Carrete, Auteur ; Jose Antonio Donazar, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Biological Conservation (143(7) JUL 2010)
Article en page(s) :	1707-1715
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Current European sanitary laws are promoting the concentration of domestic livestock carcasses in limited locations called 'vulture restaurants' or supplementary feeding stations in order to safeguard human health. However, this type of food concentration could lead to monopolization by a few, large dominant species. Management guidelines are urgently needed to ensure that potentially less competitive and more endangered scavengers can also benefit from this resource, considering that once abundant carcasses are now absent from the field. Here, we assess factors affecting the abundance of six avian scavenger species at

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