Invisible barriers: Differential sanitary regulations constrain vulture movements across country borders
Political boundaries may represent ecological barriers due to differences in wildlife management policies. In the European Union, it might be expected that these differences should be highly diluted, because all countries have to comply with common directives issued by the European Commission. Howev...
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Invisible barriers: Differential sanitary regulations constrain vulture movements across country bordersArrondo, EnekoMoleón, MarcosCortés Avizanda, AinaraJiménez, JoséBeja, PedroSánchez Zapata, José AntonioDonázar, José AntonioAegypius monachusEcological barriersEU sanitary policiesExtensive livestockGyps fulvusIberian PeninsulaPolitical boundariesPortugalScavengersSpain573 - Biología general y teóricaPolitical boundaries may represent ecological barriers due to differences in wildlife management policies. In the European Union, it might be expected that these differences should be highly diluted, because all countries have to comply with common directives issued by the European Commission. However, the subsidiarity principle may lead to the uneven uptake of European Union regulations, which can impact on biodiversity conservation due to unequal legislation in neighboring countries, particularly in the case of highly mobile organisms. Here we address this issue, by analyzing how EU regulations issued in response to the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis differentially affected vulture conservation in Portugal and Spain. Taking advantage of the intensive GPS-tracking of 60 griffon (Gyps fulvus) and 11 cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) from Spain, we found that the Spanish-Portuguese border acts as a quasi-impermeable barrier. In fact, there was an abrupt decline in the number of vulture locations across the Spanish-Portuguese border, with modelling showing that this was unlikely to be related to differences in land cover or topography. Instead, the pattern found was likely due to differences in trophic resource availability, namely carcasses from extensive livestock husbandry, resulting from the differential application of European sanitary legislation regarding the mandatory removal of dead livestock from the field. Overall, our results should be seen as a warning signal to policy makers and conservation managers, highlighting the need for a stronger integration of sanitary and environmental policies at the European level.This research was funded by the Consejeria de economia innovacion ciencia y empleo Junta de Andalucia (Proyecto de Excelencia 2012 RNM-1925) (Junta de Andalucía), Comunidad de Bardenas Reales de Navarra (Convenios EBD-CSIC 2014-2017),MInisterio de Economia, Industria y competitividad (Projecto CGL2015-66966-C2-1- 2-R) (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and EU/ FEDER).We thank B.P. for her help with English language. EA was supported by La Caixa-Severo Ochoa International PhD Program 2015, MM by the Severo Ochoa Program for Centres of Excellence in R+ D + I (SEV-2012-0262)and by a research contract Ramón y Cajal from the MINECO (RYC-2015-19231),ACA by a post-doctoral contract Juan de la Cierva Incorporación (IJCI-2014-20744) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and PB by EDP Biodiversity Chair.Departamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada2020202020182020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf7application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11000/5997reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.039info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dspace.umh.es:11000/59972026-05-27T13:36:21Z |
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Invisible barriers: Differential sanitary regulations constrain vulture movements across country borders Arrondo, Eneko Aegypius monachus Ecological barriers EU sanitary policies Extensive livestock Gyps fulvus Iberian Peninsula Political boundaries Portugal Scavengers Spain 573 - Biología general y teórica |
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Arrondo, Eneko Moleón, Marcos Cortés Avizanda, Ainara Jiménez, José Beja, Pedro Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio Donázar, José Antonio |
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Arrondo, Eneko Moleón, Marcos Cortés Avizanda, Ainara Jiménez, José Beja, Pedro Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio Donázar, José Antonio |
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Aegypius monachus Ecological barriers EU sanitary policies Extensive livestock Gyps fulvus Iberian Peninsula Political boundaries Portugal Scavengers Spain 573 - Biología general y teórica |
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Aegypius monachus Ecological barriers EU sanitary policies Extensive livestock Gyps fulvus Iberian Peninsula Political boundaries Portugal Scavengers Spain 573 - Biología general y teórica |
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Political boundaries may represent ecological barriers due to differences in wildlife management policies. In the European Union, it might be expected that these differences should be highly diluted, because all countries have to comply with common directives issued by the European Commission. However, the subsidiarity principle may lead to the uneven uptake of European Union regulations, which can impact on biodiversity conservation due to unequal legislation in neighboring countries, particularly in the case of highly mobile organisms. Here we address this issue, by analyzing how EU regulations issued in response to the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis differentially affected vulture conservation in Portugal and Spain. Taking advantage of the intensive GPS-tracking of 60 griffon (Gyps fulvus) and 11 cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) from Spain, we found that the Spanish-Portuguese border acts as a quasi-impermeable barrier. In fact, there was an abrupt decline in the number of vulture locations across the Spanish-Portuguese border, with modelling showing that this was unlikely to be related to differences in land cover or topography. Instead, the pattern found was likely due to differences in trophic resource availability, namely carcasses from extensive livestock husbandry, resulting from the differential application of European sanitary legislation regarding the mandatory removal of dead livestock from the field. Overall, our results should be seen as a warning signal to policy makers and conservation managers, highlighting the need for a stronger integration of sanitary and environmental policies at the European level. |
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