Modelling interactions between scavenger behaviour and farming practices: Impacts on scavenger population and ecosystem service efficiency

Age‐related variation and temporal patterns in the survival of a long‐lived scavenger

“…As recommended by Grosbois et al (2008), correlations among variables and linear trends were investigated first (see Supplementary material Appendix 1 for details on meteorological covariates and a priori predictions of their impact on survival). Note that food availability remained high over the whole study period, preventing us from detecting any significant effect of density dependence on demographic parameters during the exponential growth of this restored population up to now (Dupont et al 2011). The availability of carrion, here mostly sheep, is high in winter and lower in summer.…”

“…Note that food availability remained high over the whole study period, preventing us from detecting any significant effect of density dependence on demographic parameters during the exponential growth of this restored population up to now (Dupont et al ). The availability of carrion, here mostly sheep, is high in winter and lower in summer.…”

Intra-specific competition in foraging Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus: 2. The influence of supplementary feeding management

“…The 'Causses' are wide limestone plateaux, intersected by deep canyons where vultures breed and roost in cliffs. Extensive sheep farming occurs on the Causses, which produces more than 19 300 carcasses every year that can feed over 1100 vultures Q 2012 British Trust for Ornithology, Bird Study, 59, 193 -206 year-round (Morio 2006, Dupont et al 2011. However, sheep mortality is higher in winter and spring than in summer and autumn (Bosè & Sarrazin 2007).…”

“…Vulture experts now advocate the generalized re-establishment of LFS, that would allow vultures to spread over a larger territory, mimicking natural stochasticity in mortality (Deygout et al 2009), and limiting the inconvenience and risks of large concentrations of vultures at a few HFS (Blanco et al 2009, Cortés-Avizanda et al 2010. Recent modelling studies highlighted additional economical benefit for the use of LFS compared with HFS or incineration plants for carcasses (Dupont et al 2011). Such development of LFS at a large scale would help in the recovery of the important ecological services (often neglected) provided by scavengers such as vultures (DeVault et al 2003, Deygout et al 2010, Wilson & Wolkovich 2011 and Martine Fialet) who made behavioural studies at feeding sites possible.…”

Determinants and patterns of the endangered brown bearUrsus arctoshabitat use in the French Pyrenees revealed by occupancy modeling

“…It could also be combined with a mapping of attitudes towards brown bears (Piédallu et al , 2016a) to identify areas that combine positive attitudes towards bear presence and low attack risk, and as such could be primary targets of future management decisions. This might be the first step towards the development of socio-ecological models designed to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts (Aswani, 2011, Dupont et al , 2011, Estoque and Murayama, 2014).…”