ArticleNature communications2019
Patterns of satellite tagged hen harrier disappearances suggest widespread illegal killing on British grouse moors.
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- Causes, temporal trends, and the effects of urbanization on admissions of wild raptors to rehabilitation centers in England and Wales.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Systematic Map of Human-Raptor Interaction and Coexistence Research.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology.Biological conservation · 2021Article
- Caution Is Needed When Using Niche Models to Infer Changes in Species Abundance: The Case of Two Sympatric Raptor Populations.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Why do Argos satellite tags stop relaying data?Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor.PloS one · 2020Article
- The influence of different aspects of grouse moorland management on nontarget bird assemblages.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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Abstract
Identifying patterns of wildlife crime is a major conservation challenge. Here, we test whether deaths or disappearances of a protected species, the hen harrier, are associated with grouse moors, which are areas managed for the production of red grouse for recreational shooting. Using data from 58 satellite tracked hen harriers, we show high rates of unexpected tag failure and low first year survival compared to other harrier populations. The likelihood of harriers dying or disappearing increased as their use of grouse moors increased. Similarly, at the landscape scale, satellite fixes from the last week of life were distributed disproportionately on grouse moors in comparison to the overall use of such areas. This pattern was also apparent in protected areas in northern England. We conclude that hen harriers in Britain suffer elevated levels of mortality on grouse moors, which is most likely the result of illegal killing.
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