Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African–Eurasian flyway

JL Guilherme, VR Jones, I Catry, M Beal… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation of long‐distance migratory birds requires coordination between the
multiple countries connected by the movements of these species. The recent expansion of …

The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?

JA Vickery, JW Mallord, WM Adams, AE Beresford… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global long‐term decline of migrant birds represents an important and challenging issue
for conservation scientists and practitioners. This review draws together recent research …

Comprehensive estimation of spatial and temporal migratory connectivity across the annual cycle to direct conservation efforts

EC Knight, AL Harrison, AL Scarpignato… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory connectivity is the degree to which populations are linked in space and time
across the annual cycle. Low connectivity indicates mixing of populations while high …

Experimental nest cooling reveals dramatic effects of heatwaves on reproduction in a Mediterranean bird of prey

A Corregidor‐Castro, J Morinay… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Future climatic scenarios forecast increases in average temperatures as well as in the
frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme events, such as heatwaves. Whereas …

Windfarm collisions in medium‐sized raptors: even increasing populations can suffer strong demographic impacts

O Duriez, P Pilard, N Saulnier, P Boudarel… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of bird mortality by collision on windfarms has often been evaluated at the
individual level, but rarely at the population level. The Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni is an …

Context-dependent foraging habitat selection in a farmland raptor along an agricultural intensification gradient

G Assandri, JG Cecere, M Sara, C Catoni… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gradients of agricultural intensification in agroecosystems may determine uneven resource
availability for predators relying on these man-made habitats. In turn, these variations in …

The Gap of Chad, a dearth of migratory birds in the central Sahel

L Zwarts, RG Bijlsma, J van der Kamp - Ardea, 2023 - BioOne
Many migratory bird species cross the Mediterranean during autumn migration, but most do
so either at the western or eastern ends where they can avoid, or minimise, sea crossings …

Individual foraging site fidelity increases from incubation to nestling rearing in a colonial bird

S Ramellini, S Imperio, J Morinay, F De Pascalis… - Animal Behaviour, 2022 - Elsevier
Foraging specialization, whereby animals exploit only a minor fraction of the population's
foraging home range or trophic niche, may arise as a response to increasing levels of …

Global positioning system (GPS) and platform transmitter terminal (PTT) tags reveal fine-scale migratory movements of small birds: A review highlights further …

AR Iverson, JLB Schaefer, SM Skalos… - Ornithological …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Studying migration is critically important for understanding the full-annual cycle of migrating
birds and aids in management and conservation. In recent years, global positioning system …

A roadmap integrating research, policy, and actions to conserve Afro‐Palearctic migratory landbirds at a flyway scale

G Marcacci, M Briedis, N Diop, AY Diallo… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The populations of Afro‐Palearctic migratory landbirds (breeding in Europe and
overwintering in Africa) are declining and conservation efforts to halt or reverse their decline …