Since European occupation of Australia, human activities have caused the dramatic decline
and sometimes extinction of many of the continent's unique species. Here we provide a …

Disturbance—the response of birds to a stimulus such as the presence of a person—is
considered a conservation threat for some Australian birds. The distance at which a bird …

Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous
across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned or un-owned, pure-bred or …

Ongoing climate change is thought to disrupt trophic relationships, with consequences for
complex interspecific interactions, yet the effects of climate change on species interactions …

Buffers are often used to separate threatening stimuli, such as humans, from wildlife but with
few exceptions buffer widths are based on little empirical information. We measured the …

Fishing lines, hooks and nets represent a sub-category of macro-litter potentially entrapping
plover birds nesting on sandy beaches. Here, during a winter period, the accumulation …

Disturbance from human recreation may impact vulnerable life stages of beach-nesting
plovers (Charadrius spp.). Although human recreation may decrease hatching success of …

Disturbance by humans is widely expected to reduce the reproductive fitness of nesting
birds if disturbance reduces nest attentiveness, and unattended eggs experience increased …

Umbrella species are rarely selected systematically from a range of candidate species. On
sandy beaches, birds that nest on the upper beach or in dunes are threatened globally and …

Recreational activities in nature have increased considerably in recent decades. Human
disturbance may trigger similar trade‐offs in birds that the natural risk of predation generates …