A Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), a threatened species.

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The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is a threatened species. Many conservation programs aim to increase population size by improving survival and reproduction; however, density dependence may confound this approach. A recent study evaluated the consequences of population growth on reproductive performance of Bearded Vultures in the Spanish Pyrenees, and its results suggest that the use of supplementary feeding stations for its conservation should be reconsidered. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecological Applications (16:5) in October of 2006.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Photograph
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Format	jpeg
Temporal and geographic description	Pyrenees mountains, Spain.
Ecological Core Concept	Populations Applied ecology -- Conservation Applied ecology
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This photograph could be used to illustrate a threatened bird species or as an example of how density dependence may be important for conservation of threatened species.
Keywords	conservation, threatened, density dependence, growth rate, population growth, survival, reproduction, pyrenees
Key taxa	Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Antoni Margalida
Primary Author Affiliation	Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group
Primary Author email	margalida@gauss.entorno.es
Rights	Copyright 2006 by the Ecological Society of America.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2008-04-09

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Posted By: kklemow

Date Posted: 2011-01-27 13:16:57

I'd be interested in knowing more about how density dependence relates to this species.