We address this broad topic through various projects that span different landscapes and species, utilizing a diverse set of tools. Current projects focus on using a combination of landscape, population and movement ecology tools to assess: 1) how changes in livestock management (intensification) are modifying landscape patterns and carrion availability in the Duero Basin (Spain), and what the implications of these changes are for the conservation of vultures and other endangered raptors and 2) how (and if) the expansion of large-scale photovoltaic infrastructure is changing the behavior of large raptor species.

PI: Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez (University of Basel)

Collaborators: Javier García García, Pablo Salinas (Fundación Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León), Julia Gómez-Catasús, Manuel Morales (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Gerard Bota (Forest Science Research Centre Catalonia), Steffen Oppel (Swiss Ornithological Institute) and other researchers and actors via the SteppeForwardChair.

People: Marina Garrido Priego (PostDoc, University of Basel)