The present study analyzes the relationship between landscape multi-functionality and
social preferences toward Mediterranean landscapes in terms of monetary and non …

Contingent valuation approach has been criticised as fundamentally flawed because it fails
to address the impact of protest respondents on the economic valuation exercise. In this …

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) are a distinctive group of birds associated with wetlands, one
of the habitats most threatened by human activities. The abstraction of water, mining …

Many marsh passerines are cataloged as threatened taxa, mostly due to their high degree of
specialization and the generalized deterioration of wetlands worldwide. In this context …

Rallids are good biological models to monitor anthropogenic changes to wetlands. The
distribution of the Rallidae was mapped up during a survey of all major wetlands across …

Capsule This is the first study of the reproductive ecology of the Little Bittern Ixobrychus
minutus in North Africa. During the study period, clutch size exhibited a sharp drop …

The status of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus in Algeria and its breeding ecology
in North Africa are reported for the first time. Nest site selection and breeding parameters …

The paper describes chosen habitat conditions determining the occurrence and nesting of
the Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus and their effect on the nest type (breeding nest BN or …

In the context of coastal marshland reduction due to sea level rise, we evaluated the value of
fragmented reed beds located within agricultural polders for the conservation of habitats …

Common reed (Phragmites australis) is one of the most widely distributed, most abundant,
and best-studied vascular plants worldwide but there has been no broad comparison of reed …