Assessing the role of local populations in a landscape context has become increasingly
important in the fields of conservation biology and ecology. A growing number of studies …

A mechanistic understanding of the dynamics of populations requires knowledge about the
variation of the underlying demographic rates and about the reasons for their variability. In …

Density has been suggested to affect variation in extra‐pair paternity (EPP) in avian mating
systems, because increasing density promotes encounter rates and thus mating …

Ecological theory postulates that the size and isolation of habitat patches impact the
colonization/extinction dynamics that determine community species richness and population …

Assessing the source–sink status of populations and habitats is of major importance for
understanding population dynamics and for the management of natural populations …

In migrant birds, survival estimates for the different life‐history stages between fledging and
first breeding are scarce. First‐year survival is shown to be strongly reduced compared with …

The spatial organization of a population can influence the spread of information, behaviour
and pathogens. Group territory size and territory overlap and components of spatial …

Species often occur in subdivided populations as a consequence of spatial heterogeneity of
the habitat. To describe the spatial organization of subpopulations, existing theory proposes …

Understanding the demography of local populations within ephemeral habitat patches is
crucial for effective local (site-based) conservation management in spatially and temporally …

PASINELLI, G. & K. SCHIEGG (2012): The role of small wetlands for species persistence:
synthesis of a population study on the Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus …