Low, Matthew
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) play an important ecological role in central Asia, but conservation planning is hindered because basic information about their habitat requirements is lacking. We used 66 observations of roosting vultures to identify factors related to their presence, and MaxEnt model to predict areas of suitable roosting sites in the mid-hills of Nepal (similar to 20% of the district appeared suitable based on roosting observations). Vultures preferred riverbanks and areas near human settlements and pathways, probably because of access to animal carcasses. This relationship to local people and livestock should be considered when producing conservation plans for this species. (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords
Egyptian vulture; Anthropogenic factors; Human paths; Land cover; Maximum entropy modelling; Settlements
Published in
Global Ecology and Conservation
2019, volume: 20, article number: e00727
Publisher: ELSEVIER
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00727
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/103054