| Titre : | Bird Study 63(1) - janvier 2, 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/01/2016 |
Dépouillements
Article
Mattia Brambilla, Auteur ;
Marco Gustin, Auteur ;
Severino Vitulano, Auteur ;
Irene Negri, Auteur ;
Claudio Celada, Auteur
Capsule Ortolan Bunting occurrence is associated with bare ground, Lucerne, shrub cover and hedgerows/tree rows.Aims To assess the habitat features selected by Ortolan Buntings at the territory level in semi-open landscapes, in the northern Apen[...]
Article
Nicholas J. Aebischer, Auteur ;
Chris M. Bailey, Auteur ;
David W. Gibbons, Auteur ;
Antony J. Morris, Auteur ;
Will J. Peach, Auteur ;
Chris Stoate, Auteur
Article
Mark W. Miller, Auteur
Article
Maria Pinto, Auteur ;
Teresa Catry, Auteur ;
Patrícia I. Pedro, Auteur ;
Marie Claire Gatt, Auteur ;
Maria P. Dias, Auteur
Capsule We characterized the brood-guarding behaviour of the Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii at two Atlantic colonies. Our results suggest that predation avoidance might be a major factor driving brood-guarding duration on this species.
Article
Mateusz Ledwon, Auteur ;
Jacek Betleja, Auteur ;
Grzegorz Neubauer, Auteur
Capsule In the Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida, hatching success was similar at nests where both parents were caught during the same trapping session and nests where parents were caught on different days. Trapping both mates during the same se[...]
Article
Alexandre Roulin, Auteur
Capsule The analysis of 616 papers about the diet of the European Barn Owl Tyto alba showed that 9678 invertebrates were captured out of 3.13 million prey items (0.31%). The consumption of invertebrates strongly decreased between 1860 and 2012. [...]
Article
Antonio Fasciolo, Auteur ;
Maria del Mar Delgado, Auteur ;
Gonzalo Cortés, Auteur ;
Álvaro Soutullo, Auteur ;
Vincenzo Penteriani, Auteur
Capsule Features of the breeding population and temporary settlement area influence the behaviour of Eagle Owls Bubo bubo prospecting for breeding sites during natal dispersal.Aims To understand how prospecting behaviour during natal dispersal i[...]
Article
Matt I. D. Carter, Auteur ;
Samantha L. Cox, Auteur ;
Kylie L. Scales, Auteur ;
Anthony W. J. Bicknell, Auteur ;
Matthew D. Nicholson, Auteur ;
Kelly M. Atkins, Auteur ;
Greg Morgan, Auteur ;
Lisa Morgan, Auteur ;
W. James Grecian, Auteur ;
Samantha C. Patrick, Auteur ;
Stephen C. Votier, Auteur
Capsule Three quarters of tracked Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) at Grassholm gathered in rafts around the colony, concentrated within a recently designated at-sea Special Protection Area (SPA), but rafting was not correlated with foraging ef[...]
Article
Saâd Hanane, Auteur
Capsule The density of nests of the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur in Moroccan irrigated agroecosystems was 68% higher in orange orchards than in olive orchards, and 42% higher in the early breeding period compared to the late period. Agricultu[...]
Article
Artur Goławski, Auteur ;
Zbigniew Kasprzykowski, Auteur ;
Mateusz Ledwon, Auteur ;
Emilia Mróz, Auteur ;
Federico Morelli, Auteur
Capsule Evidence from two tern species does not support the theory that species in expansion should bias their brood sex ratios towards the more dispersing sex.Aims Sex ratio theory predicts that when a species is in expansion, the sex ratio sho[...]
Article
Ricardo S. Ceia, Auteur ;
Jaime A. Ramos, Auteur
Capsule Differences in Cork Oak Quercus suber and Holm Oak Quercus rotundifolia dominance had little influence on bird communities though bark-gleaners showed a foraging preference for Cork Oak.Aims Examine the use of Cork and Holm Oak trees by [...]
Article
Julien Amouret, Auteur ;
Gunnar T. Hallgrimsson, Auteur ;
Yann Kolbeinsson, Auteur ;
Snæbjörn Palsson, Auteur
Capsule The analyses support the grouping of the three Acanthis species, although a large split is observed between the A. hornemanni subspecies.Aims To investigate the morphological variation in A. f. islandica among different periods of the ye[...]
Article
Andrew Dixon, Auteur ;
Dimitar Ragyov, Auteur ;
Gankhuyag Purev-Ochir, Auteur ;
Md. Lutfor Rahman, Auteur ;
Nyambayar Batbayar, Auteur ;
Michael W. Bruford, Auteur ;
Xiangjiang Zhan, Auteur
Capsule This study identifies lethal and sub-lethal effects associated with the deployment of harness-mounted satellite transmitters on a large falcon species.Aims We examined the effect of harness-mounted satellite transmitters and patagial tag[...]
Article
The role of habitat change in driving Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix population declines across Scotland
James W. Pearce-Higgins, Auteur ;
Lucy J. Wright, Auteur ;
Murray C. Grant, Auteur ;
David J. T. Douglas, Auteur
Capsule Black Grouse declines across Scotland were greatest on less heterogeneous moorland, at low to intermediate altitudes and, more weakly, around post-thicket woodland.Aims To examine correlates of change in abundance of Black Grouse across [...]
Article
Lucy J. Ryan, Auteur ;
Jonathan A. Green, Auteur ;
Stephen G. Dodd, Auteur
Capsule Inter-annual survival rates of juvenile Dunlin Calidris alpina increased with wet weather conditions but decreased with the density of conspecifics in winter, ranging from 0.34 to 0.62 in the best model. Adult inter-annual survival remai[...]
Article
Ommo Hüppop, Auteur ;
Kathrin Hüppop, Auteur ;
Jochen Dierschke, Auteur ;
Reinhold Hill, Auteur
Capsule Collisions with offshore structures in the North Sea could account for the mortality of hundreds of thousands of nocturnally migrating birds.Aims To assess, for the first time, the circumstances of mass fatalities at an offshore structur[...]
Article
Sofia Djerdali, Auteur ;
José Guerrero-Casado, Auteur ;
Francisco S. Tortosa, Auteur
Capsule Accessing extra food from waste dumps increases egg volume and hatching mass in White Storks.Aim To test how White Storks vary their investment in egg size, especially in last laid eggs, in relation to food availability, and to improve o[...]
