One of the classic ecological questions is how predators affect population size. This is often
assessed by measuring how many individuals are killed by a predator, yet such direct effects …

Any animal whose form or behavior facilitates the avoidance of predators or escape when
attacked by predators will have a greater probability of surviving to breed and therefore …

Shorebirds are the most visible inhabitants of coastal wetlands worldwide. Many undertake
spectacularly long flights between their wintering and breeding grounds, embodying the …

Evaluating the potential for anthropogenic habitats to act as surrogates for the natural
habitats they replace is a key issue in conservation biology. In California, flooded rice fields …

We examine the potential selective importance of predation danger on the evolution of
migration strategies of arctic‐breeding calidrid sandpipers. Adult calidrids truncate parental …

We review the conservation issues facing migratory shorebird populations that breed in
temperate regions and use wetlands in the non‐breeding season. Shorebirds are excellent …

The presence of top predators can affect prey behaviour, morphology and life history, and
thereby can produce indirect population consequences greater and further reaching than …

1. The effect of a varying risk of predation by sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus L.) on choice of
overwinter feeding site was studied for redshank (Tringa totanus L.), on a small Scottish …

Individual feeding specialisation in shorebirds is reviewed, and the possible mechanisms
involved in such specialisations. Any specialisation can be seen as an individual strategy …

1. Game theoretic models of how animals manage predation risk have begun to describe
predator responses to prey behaviour relatively recently. This is partly because our …