Detalle de: Too Much is Bad: Increasing Numbers of Livestock and Conspecifics Reduce Body Mass in an Avian Scavenger

Photo 1. Egyptian vultures photographed in Fuerteventura Island (Canary Islands). An adult is pictured in the foreground, and an immature behind. Individuals of the two age classes exploit different food resources, thus diverging in body mass response with respect to environmental changes. Photo credit: Manuel de la Riva. Photo 2. Livestock carcasses are a fundamental component of the diet of Canarian Egyptian vultures. However, overgrazing has a great impact on the island’s primary productivity and, consequently, on the availability of remains of small vertebrates, thus affecting the body mass of avian scavengers. Photo credit: José A. Donázar. These photographs illustrate the article “Too much is bad: increasing numbers of livestock and conspecifics reduce body mass in an avian scavenger” by José A. Donázar, Jomar M. Barbosa, Marina García-Alfonso, Thijs van Overveld, Laura Gangoso, and Manuel de la Riva published in Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2125