Meteorological conditions influence short-term survival and dispersal in a reinforced long-lived bird population.
Loïc A Hardouin, Alexandre Robert, Marie Nevoux, Olivier Gimenez, Frederic Lacroix, Yves Hingrat
The paper examines how meteorological conditions affect post-release survival and dispersal in translocated houbaras, finding that rainfall and temperature influence dispersal distance and survival, with release methods potentially mitigating these effects.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2014Ecology