Vulture communities

AN international scientific team reveals that the loss of traditional livestock tech niques such as transhu mance could harm vulture communities.

This practice has shaped the landscape throughout the world and has created ecosystems that have bene fited numerous animal and plant species, including vul tures.

The research has been carried out by scientific per sonnel from the Miguel Hernandez University (UMH) of Elche among others and shows the important link between vultures and traditional grazing that should be taken into account when applying measures for environmental and livestock management.

To analyse the relationship between transhumance and the populations of large scavenger birds, 50 griffon vultures in Spain and