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Depredación del águila real sobre la tortuga mora en el sureste ibérico
Title: Depredación del águila real sobre la tortuga mora en el sureste ibérico |
Authors: Martínez Pastor, Mª Carmen |
Tutor: Giménez Casalduero, Andrés Graciá Martínez, Eva Rodríguez Caro, Roberto |
Editor: Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche |
Issue Date: 2016-09-16 |
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11000/3591 |
Abstract:
El águila real (Aquila chrysaetos) ha desarrollado una técnica de caza para consumir tortugas, en la que son capturadas y lanzadas desde cierta altura a superficies rocosas para partir su caparazón. En este trabajo pretendemos determinar la contribución de la tortuga mora (Testudo graeca) en la die... Ver más
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) have developed the ability to consume tortoises, catching and throwing them to rocky surfaces in order to break their hard shell, before to be ingested. In this work, we aim to characterize the contribution of the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) to the diet of the golden eagle in the Iberian south-east. We will also assess if eagles select tortoises according to their sex and/or size.
We visited nests and roosting sites of seven golden eagle territories in the provinces of Murcia and Almeria. The remains of the predated tortoises were collected, sex identified and measured. We calculated the available biomass for eagles by comparing these measurements with the measures and weights of live tortoises and of complete carapaces. We also compared the sex-ratio and age distribution of the predated tortoises with information from the populations of tortoises at the different territories of the eagles.
We identified at least 227 consumed tortoises. The available biomass for eagles was on average around 400g (range: 78-777g); approximately the half that offers the main prey of the golden eagle, the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The studied eagles selected large tortoises, showing preference for adult females. We conclude that the spur-thighed tortoise could have relevance as alternative prey in years and/or territories with low densities of rabbits
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Keywords/Subjects: Sureste ibérico Águila real Tortuga mora |
Knowledge area: CDU: Ciencias puras y naturales: Zoología |
Type of document: info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis |
Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Appears in Collections: TFG - Ciencias Ambientales
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