NDLI: Studying the demographic drivers of an increasing Imperial Eagle population to inform conservation management

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Author	Demerdzhiev, Dimitar Stoychev, Stoycho Dobrev, Dobromir Spasov, Svetoslav Oppel, Steffen
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Assessing whether conservation management actions are effective requires a good understanding of the demographic parameters that contribute to the population growth rate. Among the key demographic parameters influencing a population, immigration is one of the most difficult to measure empirically but may mask or accentuate the effects of conservation measures. We use an integrated population model to assess whether a population increase of a large raptor species can be explained by high fecundity and survival resulting from local conservation measures, or whether immigration may have contributed to population growth. We monitored the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) population in Bulgaria from 1998 to 2014, and tracked juveniles using satellite transmitters to estimate survival probability over the first three years of life. We used intensive territory monitoring of breeding birds to estimate survival probabilities and fecundity of birds older than 3 years. The Imperial Eagle population in Bulgaria increased by about 11 % per year between 1998 and 2014 (λ = 1.111, 95 % credible interval 1.076–1.156). While local conservation measures have succeeded in reducing nest loss and the mortality of adults (adult survival = 0.924; 0.887–0.955), high mortality of juveniles during their first year of life resulted in only 12 % of fledglings surviving to adult age. Based on these survival probabilities and the estimated fecundity of breeding pairs in Bulgaria (1.063; 0.932–1.203), some immigration may have contributed to the population growth in Bulgaria. Because the integrated population model accounts for all the uncertainty associated with disparate data sources, the estimated immigration rate was too imprecise (0.143–2.862 young birds per breeding pair) to quantify the relative importance of immigration. Future conservation measures for Imperial Eagles need to focus on improving the survival of juvenile birds, particularly the reduction of electrocution risk in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Starting Page	627
Ending Page	639
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09603115
Journal	Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729710
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-11-29
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bulgaria Bird of prey Integrated population model Bayesian WinBUGS Multi-state model Evolutionary Biology Plant Sciences Tree Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

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