FOREST MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON NESTING HABITAT SELECTED BY EURASIAN BLACK VULTURES (AEGYPIUS-MONACHUS) IN CENTRAL SPAIN

We studied two recently established colonies of Eurasian Black Vulture s (Aegypius monachus). One was located in an abandoned maritime pine ( Pinus pinaster) plantation formerly used for resin production. The oth er colony was in a Scots pine (P. silvestris) plantation currently use d for timber production. The vultures used nest sites with mature tree s in forest openings and on steep slopes in the medium-upper portions of mountains. These openings had few roads. Differences in tree densit y, distance to nearest neighbor's nests, and tolerance to high road de nsity were observed between the nest sites used by the two colonies. S ylvicultural practices in either forests explained differences in nest -site selection between the colonies.