First cases of polygyny for the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in the central Pyrenees |
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| Authors: | Juan Antonio Gil Gonzalo Chéliz Íñigo Zuberogoitia |
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| Institution: | 1. Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos (FCQ), Zaragoza, Spain;2. Estudios Medioambientales Icarus S.L., Bilbao, Spain |
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| Abstract: | We report the first cases of polygyny for the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in the central Pyrenees, Spain. Although polyandry is frequent in the study area (31.8% of all reproductive units in 2016), we only observed the occurrence of three cases of polygyny over the period 1994–2017. Polygyny in Bearded Vultures is possibly a consequence of habitat saturation. |
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