Animal tag technology keeps coming of age: an engineering perspective

MD Holton, RP Wilson… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animal-borne tags (biologgers) have now become extremely sophisticated, recording data
from multiple sensors at high frequencies for long periods and, as such, have become a …

Flame retardant concentrations and profiles in wild birds associated with landfill: A critical review

ADW Tongue, SJ Reynolds, KJ Fernie, S Harrad - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Given factors such as their persistence and toxicity, legacy brominated flame retardants
(BFRs) like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane …

Effects of urbanization on the foraging ecology and microbiota of the generalist seabird Larus argentatus

M Fuirst, RR Veit, M Hahn, N Dheilly, LH Thorne - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Larus gull species have proven adaptable to urbanization and due to their generalist
feeding behaviors, they provide useful opportunities to study how urban environments …

Habitat use of urban-nesting lesser black-backed gulls during the breeding season

A Spelt, C Williamson, J Shamoun-Baranes… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing urbanisation is detrimental for some animal species and potentially
advantageous for others. Urban-nesting populations of gulls have undergone rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Gulls living in cities as overlooked seed dispersers within and outside urban environments

V Martín-Vélez, T Montalvo, I Afán… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The yellow-legged gull is an opportunistic and generalist bird that has colonised urban
areas, where it has found very favourable trophic resources but also causes disturbance to …

Adapting to urban ecosystems: unravelling the foraging ecology of an opportunistic predator living in cities

A Méndez, T Montalvo, R Aymí, M Carmona… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
The increasing urbanisation of the natural environment affects species differently. While
most species cannot cope with these human impacts, others can persist or may even be …

Shifting individual habitat specialization of a successful predator living in anthropogenic landscapes

J Navarro, D Grémillet, FJ Ramirez, I Afán… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Population expansions of successful species have gained importance as a major
conservation and management concern. The success of these 'winners' is widely attributed …

Gulls as potential sentinels for urban litter: combining nest and GPS-tracking information

E Galimany, J Navarro, I Martino, R Aymí… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The production of urban waste has increased in the past decades leading to its mishandling.
The effects on public health, economy, and wildlife that waste mismanagement can have are …

Closely related gull species show contrasting foraging strategies in an urban environment

KA Lato, DJ Madigan, RR Veit, LH Thorne - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The expansion of urban landscapes has both negative and positive effects on wildlife.
Understanding how different species respond to urbanization is key to assessing how urban …

Characterization of anthropogenic materials on yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) nests breeding in natural and urban sites along the coast of Portugal

CS Lopes, JP de Faria, VH Paiva, JA Ramos - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Anthropogenic materials are a persistent pressure on ecosystems, affecting many species.
Seabirds can collect these materials to construct their nests, which may modify nest …