{"id":3150,"date":"2025-10-29T19:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:28:33","slug":"tree-cutting-in-embid-a-success-story-for-duponts-lark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/tree-cutting-in-embid-a-success-story-for-duponts-lark\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree cutting in Embid: A success story for Dupont\u2019s lark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two of the main conservation actions included in the LIFE Connect Ricot\u00ed project are: i) habitat restoration through shrub clearing and removal of trees, and ii) translocation of individuals. These actions aim to maintain an optimal vegetation structure in the steppes\u2014establishing a high-quality habitat for Dupont\u2019s lark\u2014and to promote the recruitment of individuals that support population growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramera-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3151\" style=\"width:1256px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramera-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramera-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramera-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paramera-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. General spring view of the Embid steppe plateau (Guadalajara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These measures were carried out on the Embid plateaus (Guadalajara) at the end of 2022 and 2023, respectively. Before the interventions, four Dupont\u2019s lark territories had been identified. During this spring, after the implementation of the conservation actions, a total of 34 Dupont\u2019s lark males were recorded through foot transects, representing a very significant increase compared to the previous situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Corta-arbolado-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" style=\"width:1256px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Corta-arbolado-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Corta-arbolado-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Corta-arbolado-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Corta-arbolado-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure 2<\/strong>. Tree cutting works in the Embid steppe plateau (Guadalajara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These direct actions provide a practical example of how maintaining steppe vegetation and translocating individuals substantially benefit Dupont\u2019s lark populations\u2014particularly in areas with historical records of the species or in localities with a low number of territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the main conservation actions included in the LIFE Connect Ricot\u00ed project are: i) habitat restoration through shrub clearing &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/tree-cutting-in-embid-a-success-story-for-duponts-lark\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tree cutting in Embid: A success story for Dupont\u2019s lark<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3157,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/3157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeconnectricoti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}