Stability in prey abundance may buffer Black SparrowhawksAccipiter melanoleucusfrom health impacts of urbanization

Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services

(2016) José A. Donázar et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

Seasonal patterns in space use of Black SparrowhawksAccipiter melanoleucusin an urban environment

(2016) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   BIRD STUDY

Is multiple nest building an adequate strategy to cope with inter-species nest usurpation?

(2016) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Family morph matters: factors determining survival and recruitment in a long-lived polymorphic raptor

(2016) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Intraguild predation leads to cascading effects on habitat choice, behaviour and reproductive performance

(2016) Anna-Katharina Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Adaptability of a specialist predator: the effects of land use on diet diversification and breeding performance of Verreaux's eagles

(2016) M. Murgatroyd et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Fatty acid profiles of great tit (Parus major) eggs differ between urban and rural habitats, but not between coniferous and deciduous forests

(2016) Alejandra Toledo et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The Urban Heat Island and its spatial scale dependent impact on survival and development in butterflies of different thermal sensitivity

(2016) Aurélien Kaiser et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Fatty acid profiles of great tit (Parus major) eggs differ between urban and rural habitats, but not between coniferous and deciduous forests

(2016) Alejandra Toledo et al.   Science of Nature

Causes and Consequences of Partial Migration in a Passerine Bird

(2015) Arne Hegemann et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Singing in the city: high song frequencies are no guarantee for urban success in birds

(2015) Maria Moiron et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Breeding performance of Crested GoshawkAccipiter trivirgatusin urban and rural environments of Taiwan

(2015) Wen-Loung Lin et al.   BIRD STUDY

Expanding fundamental ecological knowledge by studying urban ecosystems

(2015) Amy K. Hahs et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urbanization, oxidative stress and inflammation: a question of evolving, acclimatizing or coping with urban environmental stress

(2015) Caroline Isaksson   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Agricultural land use and human presence around breeding sites increase stress-hormone levels and decrease body mass in barn owl nestlings

(2015) Bettina Almasi et al.   OECOLOGIA

Is diet adaptability a reason for the persistence of African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in altered habitats?

(2015) Brian Reeves et al.   OSTRICH

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

(2015) K. J. Gaston et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Avian top predator and the landscape of fear: responses of mammalian mesopredators to risk imposed by the golden eagle

(2015) Mari S. Lyly et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Diet of the crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in an urban landscape: potential for human-wildlife conflict?

(2015) Shane C. McPherson et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Fidelity at the frontier: divorce and dispersal in a newly colonized raptor population

(2014) R.O. Martin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Hard times in the city – attractive nest sites but insufficient food supply lead to low reproduction rates in a bird of prey

(2014) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Raptor Presence Along an Urban–Wildland Gradient: Influences of Prey Abundance and Land Cover

(2014) Stan Rullman et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

Phenological shifts assist colonisation of a novel environment in a range-expanding raptor

(2014) Rowan O. Martin et al.   OIKOS

Differential Haemoparasite Intensity between Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) Morphs Suggests an Adaptive Function for Polymorphism

(2014) Bonnie Lei et al.   PLoS One

Parasites in the City: Degree of Urbanization Predicts Poxvirus and Coccidian Infections in House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

(2014) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   PLoS One

Offspring pay sooner, parents pay later: experimental manipulation of body mass reveals trade-offs between immune function, reproduction and survival

(2013) Arne Hegemann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Heterophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratios of Nestling Passerine Birds: Comparison of Blue Tits and Great Tits

(2013) Jerzy Banbura et al.   PLoS One

Urban areas as refuges from predators and flight distance of prey

(2012) Anders Pape Møller   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Wildlife disease prevalence in human-modified landscapes

(2012) Grant Brearley et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Urbanization and the Predation Paradox: The Role of Trophic Dynamics in Structuring Vertebrate Communities

(2012) Jason D. Fischer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Parasite–bird interactions in urban areas: Current evidence and emerging questions

(2012) Carlos A. Delgado-V. et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Carotenoid-Based Coloration, Condition, and Immune Responsiveness in the Nestlings of a Sexually Dimorphic Bird of Prey

(2012) Audrey Sternalski et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

The Chemical Pathway of Carotenoids: From Plants to Birds

(2011) Caroline Isaksson   ARDEA

Carotenoid limitation and allocation priorities in asynchronous raptor nestlings

(2011) AUDREY STERNALSKI et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation

(2011) Ingo Kowarik   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Song Post Height in Relation to Predator Diversity and Urbanization

(2011) Anders P. Møller   ETHOLOGY

Variability within families and the evolution of body-condition-dependent dispersal

(2011) Mats Gyllenberg et al.   Journal of Biological Dynamics

Interspecific variation in fear responses predicts urbanization in birds

(2010) A. P. Moller   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Evaluating threats to an endangered species by proxy: air pollution as threat to the blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) in South Africa

(2010) Henrik Kylin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Heterophils/Lymphocytes-ratio and circulating corticosterone do not indicate the same stress imposed on Eurasian kestrel nestlings

(2010) Claudia Müller et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Diet specialisation and foraging efficiency under fluctuating vole abundance: a comparison between generalist and specialist avian predators

(2010) Julien Terraube et al.   OIKOS

Avian range changes and climate change: a cautionary tale from the Cape Peninsula

(2010) Philip AR Hockey et al.   OSTRICH

Breeding of Tawny OwlsStrix alucoin rural and urban habitats in southern Finland

(2009) Tapio Solonen et al.   BIRD STUDY

Body condition variation in kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) nestlings in relation to breeding conditions

(2009) David Costantini et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Carotenoids in nestling Montagu’s harriers: variations according to age, sex, body condition and evidence for diet-related limitations

(2009) Audrey Sternalski et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Living in the big city: Effects of urban land-use on bird community structure, diversity, and composition

(2009) Rubén Ortega-Álvarez et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation

(2008) Robert I. Mcdonald et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists

(2008) A. K. Davis et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The establishment of an urban bird population

(2008) Christian Rutz   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE

Birdsong and anthropogenic noise: implications and applications for conservation

(2007) HANS SLABBEKOORN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY