29-08-2016
Saving two adult eagles per year in Catalonia would save the population of this endangered species
Dying due to electrocution at the power lines is the most common death for Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata), a threatened species in Europe.
This work shows a statistic model to evaluate the impact of electrocution deaths in Bonelli’s eagle in Catalonia and quantifies which mitigation actions would be necessary to preserve the eagle population in different areas. “Regarding preservation, the new model will allow managers calculating the needed mitigation effort to guarantee the population viability of these birds” says the researcher Antonio Hernández Matías, member of the Conservation Biology Group of the UB and IRBio.
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This work shows a statistic model to evaluate the impact of electrocution deaths in Bonelli’s eagle in Catalonia and quantifies which mitigation actions would be necessary to preserve the eagle population in different areas. “Regarding preservation, the new model will allow managers calculating the needed mitigation effort to guarantee the population viability of these birds” says the researcher Antonio Hernández Matías, member of the Conservation Biology Group of the UB and IRBio.
Further infomration