The European population of Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata arquata, a near‐
threatened wader subspecies, has undergone pronounced population declines over the …

The Numeniini is a tribe of 13 wader species (Scolopacidae, Charadriiformes) of which
seven are Near Threatened or globally threatened, including two Critically Endangered. To …

Rapid declines in breeding wader populations across the world have prompted the
development of a series of conservation tools, many of which are designed to influence …

Farmland birds are among the most threatened bird species in Europe, largely as a result of
agricultural intensification which has driven widespread biodiversity losses. Breeding …

Wet grassland populations of wading birds in the United Kingdom have declined severely
since 1990. To help mitigate these declines, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has …

Targeted management actions to boost key demographic rates can help to restore rare and
localized populations but are increasingly required to stabilize or reverse declines of …

In Europe, lowland wet grasslands have become increasingly fragmented, and populations
of waders in these fragments are subject to unsustainably high levels of nest predation …

Current conservation instruments, which for most species rely heavily on protected areas,
are insufficient to halt biodiversity loss. Conservation initiatives in the wider landscape …

Capsule The third survey of breeding waders in Northern Ireland showed large declines in
the abundance of Eurasian Curlew, Northern Lapwing and Common Snipe since 1987 …

The breeding ecology of Northern Lapwings is well understood, but little attention has been
paid to industrial habitat in urban conglomerations. We compared nest survival and …