Aim Over the last two decades, thousands of northward migrating ruffs (Philomachus
pugnax) have disappeared from western European staging sites. These migratory ruffs were …

Aim The intention with this study was first to investigate and describe the broad‐scale
geographical patterns of species richness of breeding shorebirds (Charadriiformes; families …

Aim Over the past three decades, evidence has been growing that many Afro‐Palaearctic
migratory bird populations have suffered sustained and severe declines. As causes of these …

The fuelling performance of long-distance migrants at staging areas indicates local
conditions and determines the viability of migration routes. Here we present a first case …

Populations of Afro‐Palearctic migrant birds have shown severe declines in recent decades.
To identify the causes of these declines, accurate measures of both demographic rates …

Anthropogenic change is impacting ecosystems globally, causing declines in biodiversity.
Long-distance migrants are particularly susceptible, as they depend on conditions over …

We present the first continent-wide analysis of the population trends of European breeding
birds to show that populations of Afro-Palearctic migrant birds have shown a pattern of …

Linking population trends to species' traits is informative for the detection of the most
important threatening factors and for assessing the effectiveness of conservation measures …

Veel steltlopers zijn lange-afstandtrekkers: ze brengen de winter door in gematigde of
tropische streken en trekken in het voorjaar noordwaarts om te broeden in de Arctis. Hier is …

Europe has a well‐established network of breeding bird monitoring that is used to produce
supranational indices of population trends for many species. However, a comparison of …