Rewilding traditional grazing areas affects scavenger assemblages and carcass consumption patterns

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 41; pp. 56 - 66
• Main Authors: Arrondo, Eneko, Morales-Reyes, Zebensui, Moleón, Marcos, Cortés-Avizanda, Ainara, Donázar, José Antonio, Sánchez-Zapata, José Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.12.2019
• Subjects: abandoned land; camera trapping; Facultative scavengers; Farmlands abandonment; forests; grazing; Gyps fulvus; habitats; Livestock; livestock farming; Mediterranean region; mountains; pastures; Rewilding; shrublands; Spain; species diversity; Sus scrofa; ungulates; vegetation cover; Vulpes vulpes; Vultures; wild boars; Wild ungulates; wildlife; woodlands; Mediterranean region; Spain; Rewilding; Vultures; Facultative scavengers; Livestock; Wild ungulates; Farmlands abandonment

The abandonment of traditional livestock farming systems in Mediterranean countries is triggering a large-scale habitat transformation, which, in general, consists of the replacement of open grazing areas by woodlands through non-managed regeneration. As a consequence, wild ungulates are occupying r...