The agriculture intensification required to provide enough food commodities for humans has
negative impacts on the environment. To reduce these drawbacks Agri-Environmental …

Biodiversity in agricultural environments is considered to be undergoing steep declines in
most European countries. Among taxa which experienced consistent decreases, birds are of …

Abstract Changes in future climate will alter the geographic distributions of many species.
Species distribution models have evolved as a powerful tool for predicting potential species …

Food resources are often not sufficient to satisfy the nutritional and energetic requirements
during winter conditions at high latitudes. Dietary analysis is a prerequisite to fully …

In conservation biology, population monitoring is a critical step, particularly for endangered
groups, such as steppe birds in European agro-ecosystems. Long-term population …

Technisches Büro für Biologie, Deutsch-Wagram ABSTRACT—Great Bustards face many
threats, both natural (such as predation and harsh weather conditions) and anthropogenic …

As the whole Palearctic steppe system, its iconic bird, the Great Bustard has also suffered
from the expansion of intensive agriculture. The species now typically has stable or growing …

Winter oilseed rape represents an important food source for Great Bustards. Great Bustard
surveys during four consecutive winters (2005/2006–2008/2009) were used to identify …

The population of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda), one of the heaviest flying birds and a
species that requires large areas of habitat, has declined markedly in Central Europe over …

Global biodiversity is increasingly impacted by distant drivers. With societies more
connected than ever before, natural resource consumption has expanded beyond …