Agriculture, during its millenarian history, had contributed to shape impressive cultural
landscapes; however, in recent decades, many of these have been lost or degraded …

Climate and land-use change are the most severe threats to biodiversity; their effects are
often intermingled, also with those of landscape/habitat management. Birds of mountain …

The representation of a land cover type (ie habitat) within an area is often used as an
explanatory variable in species distribution models. However, it is possible that a simple …

Background Inland wetlands are crucial for biodiversity conservation, especially in highly-
urbanized landscapes. In the European Union, many wetlands are included in the EU …

The majority of predictions about the impacts of climate change on wildlife have relied either
on the study of species' physiological tolerance or on broad-scale distribution models. In …

Identifying environmental characteristics that limit species' distributions is important for
contemporary conservation and inferring responses to future environmental change. The …

The use of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators of environmental
change depends on the reliability and the effectiveness of the sampling methods. Those that …

Context Ensemble of small models (ESMs) is a technique to overcome the problem of few
occurrence points. Applying the ESMs in a spatially hierarchical framework could increase …

Determination of factors affecting nest habitat selection is a major topic in avian ecology,
with strong implications for conservation purposes especially for the species with …

Simple Summary Collecting information on how wild animals behave in the free-living
environment can be useful for improving how such species are managed when under …