| Titre : | Bird Study 63(4) - octobre 1, 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/10/2016 |
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Richard M. Francksen, Auteur ;
Mark J. Whittingham, Auteur ;
Sonja C. Ludwig, Auteur ;
David Baines, Auteur
Capsule: The winter diet of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo on a Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica moor was dominated by small mammals, whilst grouse were a minor prey item.Aims: To assess winter diet of Common Buzzards from pellets collected at ro[...]
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John W. Mallord, Auteur ;
Christopher J. Orsman, Auteur ;
Japheth T. Roberts, Auteur ;
Roger Skeen, Auteur ;
Danaë K. Sheehan, Auteur ;
Juliet A. Vickery, Auteur
Capsule: Wood Warblers Phylloscopus sibilatrix showed significant selection for tree species and woodland characteristics at staging and wintering sites in sub-Saharan Africa.Aims: To investigate home range size, habitat and tree species selecti[...]
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Carl Mitchell, Auteur ;
Larry Griffin, Auteur ;
Angus Maciver, Auteur ;
Brian Minshull, Auteur ;
Neville Makan, Auteur
Capsule: Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis fabalis wintering near Falkirk, Scotland staged in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and summered in central Sweden.Aims: To determine the migration routes, timing of movements, breeding area and home ranges of T[...]
Article
Shrews and moles are less often captured by European Barn Owls Tyto alba nowadays than 150 years ago
Alexandre Roulin, Auteur
Capsule: The analysis of 815 papers about the diet of the European Barn Owl Tyto alba showed that the consumption of small mammals that are insectivorous (shrews and moles) declined between 1860 and 2014. This suggests that the impoverished inve[...]
Article
Nadja Weisshaupt, Auteur ;
Mercedes Maruri, Auteur ;
Juan Arizaga, Auteur
Capsule: Bird migration was recorded by an infrared device at three sites in the southeastern Bay of Biscay, indicating seasonal east–west differences in migration flow.Aims: The main aims of this study were to quantify and describe nocturnal mi[...]
Article
Alejandro Gutiérrez-Galán, Auteur ;
Carlos Alonso, Auteur
Capsule: The diet of European Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Mediterranean forest contained a large volume of wild plant seed but from a small number of key species.Aims: To determine which seed species are consumed by Turtle Doves in Medit[...]
Article
Foued Hamza, Auteur ;
Slaheddine Selmi, Auteur
Capsule: The spatial distribution and feeding efficiency of Little Egrets Egretta garzetta wintering in the gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, are affected by a commensal association with the Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia.Aims: To investigate the[...]
Article
Kate Massey, Auteur ;
Peter Cosgrove, Auteur ;
Fergus Massey, Auteur ;
Digger Jackson, Auteur ;
Mark Chapman, Auteur
Capsule: Habitats used by Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus chicks for feeding are significantly different to those used by adults for feeding and nesting.Aim: To identify habitats used by breeding Whimbrel on Mainland Shetland.Methods: Fourteen study [...]
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Veronika Samotskaya, Auteur ;
Irina Marova, Auteur ;
Pavel Kvartalnov, Auteur ;
Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov, Auteur ;
Vladimir Ivanitskii, Auteur
Capsule: Songs of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus and Blyth’s Reed Warblers Acrocephalus dumetorum differed in quantitative parameters. Blyth’s Reed Warbler used different modes of singing on breeding grounds and migration stopove[...]
Article
Enrico Caprio, Auteur ;
Dan Chamberlain, Auteur ;
Antonio Rolando, Auteur
Capsule: Restoration of grasslands on ski-pistes caused a recovery in the bird community, but not to the extent that it was equivalent to a natural Alpine grassland community.Aim: To test whether revegetation of ski-pistes in open habitat areas [...]
Article
Gwyn Williams, Auteur ;
David A. Stroud, Auteur ;
Graham J. M. Hirons, Auteur ;
Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur
Capsule: A multi-element index is developed to help support decisions with respect to the establishment and review of national networks of European Union (EU) Special Protection Areas (SPAs).Aims: To develop an index based on biological criteria[...]
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Article
Alejandro Delgado, Auteur ;
Pascual Calabuig, Auteur ;
Víctor Suárez, Auteur ;
Domingo Trujillo, Auteur ;
M. Mercedez Suárez-Rancel, Auteur
Capsule: The endangered Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea polatzeki has been bred in captivity with the aim of reinforcing wild populations. We released and monitored 26 males and 15 females between 2010 and 2012. Survival and reprodu[...]
Article
Innes M.W. Sim, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Stanbury, Auteur ;
Irena Tománková, Auteur ;
David J.T. Douglas, Auteur
Capsule: Population changes of many moorland and heathland birds in southwest England show associations with environmental change, and the area supports notable breeding populations of species of conservation concern.Aims: To quantify changes in[...]
Article
Kevin B. Briggs, Auteur ;
D. Charles Deeming, Auteur
Capsule: Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca use different materials to construct their nests according to local availability and geographical location.Aims: This study tested the hypotheses that Pied Flycatcher nests were constructed from the l[...]
