Positive ecological interactions and the success of seagrass restoration

SR Valdez, YS Zhang, T van der Heide… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses provide multiple ecosystem services including nursery habitat, improved water
quality, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. However, seagrasses are in crisis as …

Spatial ecology and conservation of seabirds facing global climate change: a review

D Grémillet, T Boulinier - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2009 - int-res.com
In this review we detail the impact of climate change on marine productivity, on marine
environmental stochasticity and cyclicity, and on the spatio-temporal match–mismatch of …

[图书][B] Allee effects in ecology and conservation

F Courchamp, L Berec, J Gascoigne - 2008 - books.google.com
Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or
density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which populations crash to …

Diet of Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) chicks along the Spanish Western Mediterranean coast: the relevance of refuse dumps

R Ramos, F Ramírez, C Sanpera, L Jover, X Ruiz - Journal of Ornithology, 2009 - Springer
In recent decades, the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) has become a problematic
species in many Mediterranean countries, mainly because it interferes with human interests …

Effects of drought on avian community structure

TP Albright, AM Pidgeon, CD Rittenhouse… - Global Change …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts are expected to become more frequent under global climate change. Avifauna
depend on precipitation for hydration, cover, and food. While there are indications that avian …

Dynamics of a modified Leslie–Gower model with double Allee effects

P Feng, Y Kang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Bifurcation analysis of a class of modified Leslie–Gower model with Allee effects in both
predator and prey species is given in detail. We show the existence of a heteroclinic …

Environment‐triggered demographic changes cascade and compound to propel a dramatic decline of an Antarctic seabird metapopulation

L Emmerson, C Southwell - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While seabirds are well‐known for making a living under some of the harshest conditions on
the planet, their capacity to buffer against unfavourable conditions can be stretched in …

Deconstructing myths on large gulls and their impact on threatened sympatric waterbirds

D Oro, A Martínez‐Abraín - Animal conservation, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to increasing population trends and facultative predatory habits, large gulls have
been identified as significant agents of change in the alteration of many ecological …

Predictable anthropogenic food subsidies, density‐dependence and socio‐economic factors influence breeding investment in a generalist seabird

E Real, D Oro, A Martínez‐Abraín… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent European policies on the ban of fishing discards and the closure of open‐air landfills
are expected to reduce predictable and abundant food resources for generalist seabirds. In …

When to stay, when to disperse and where to go: survival and dispersal patterns in a spatially structured seabird population

A Fernández‐Chacón, M Genovart, R Pradel… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a key process for the population dynamics of spatially structured populations (at
local and metapopulation levels), so the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the …