Is It Necessary Managing Carnivores to Reverse the Decline of Endangered Prey Species? Insights from a Removal Experiment of Mesocarnivores to Benefit Demographic Parameters of the Pyrenean Capercaillie
The present work was commissioned by the Spanish Ministry of Environment, and the GALLIPYR-POCTEFA 2007 cofunded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Union, who provided support in the form of salaries for authors [RM-O, IA, JP, JM-I], but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. JVLB received a postdoctoral grant "Juan de la Cierva" from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.Moreno-Opo, R; Afonso, I; Jimenez, J; Fernandez-Olalla, M; Canut, J; Garcia-Ferre, D; Pique, J; Garcia, F; Roig, J; Munoz-Igualada, J; Gonzalez, LM; Lopez-Bao, JV