From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can
provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems …

Common voles (Microtus arvalis) are common small mammals in some European
landscapes. They can be a major rodent pest in European agriculture and they are also a …

Birds of prey have been, in comparison to other avian groups, an uncommon study model,
mainly due to the limitations imposed by their conservative life strategy (low population …

Widespread in North American forest regions including the Rocky Mountains, the Boreal Owl
(Aegolius funereus) was once the most numerous predatory bird in Eurasian boreal forests …

Irruptive populations of rodents cause damage to agriculture worldwide. By the end of the
last century, the distribution range of Microtus arvalis in NW Spain greatly expanded to …

BACKGROUND: Ecologically based rodent pest management using biological control has
never been evaluated for vole plagues in Europe, although it has been successfully tested in …

The common vole, considered a rodent pest when overabundant in agricultural areas, was
traditionally absent from the agricultural plains of Castilla-y-León, NW Spain. However, it …

Biological control of rodents in agricultural areas, increasing avian predator abundance by
nest-box provisioning, has been proposed during the last decades in several regions …

BACKGROUND Vole outbreaks have been extensively described, along with their impacts
on humans, particularly in agricultural areas. The use of rodenticides is a common legal …

Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an emerging tick‐borne human disease in
Spain. Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics and exposure risk determinants of …