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Alessandro Berlusconi, Alessio Martinoli, Lucas A. Wauters, Giulia Tesoro, Stefania Martini, Erminio Clerici, Gualtiero Guenzani, Gabriele Pozzi, Diego Rubolini, Michelangelo Morganti, Adriano Martinoli
Summary: This study used a multi-scale approach to investigate the year-round habitat selection of Crested Tits in northern Italy. The findings revealed that these birds are strict habitat specialists, selecting specific coniferous woodland features. The study highlights the importance of considering multi-scale habitat selection in bird research.
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Summary: This study investigates egg and nestling recognition mechanisms in the Crested Myna. The results show that the Crested Myna uses size cues to recognize eggs and nestlings, rather than color and patterning. The cognitive mechanism of egg recognition in the Crested Myna is based on recognition by discordancy using size cues. The study also finds a delay in the rejection behavior of Crested Myna towards eggs.
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Summary: The population of crested ibis has increased from 1981 to 2019, and they have been reintroduced in China, Japan, and Korea. The ban on pesticide use has led to the recovery of ancestral habitats and food resources for the crested ibis. Research on habitat preference is crucial for the conservation of endangered species like the crested ibis.
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Arnaud G. Barras, Carole A. Niffenegger, Ivan Candolfi, Yannick A. Hunziker, Raphael Arlettaz
Summary: This study focused on the breeding ecology of the Alpine ring ouzel, indicating that local weather conditions have a significant impact on parental provisioning behavior, with higher temperatures reducing prey provisioning rates and biomass delivered to chicks, while rainfall has a positive effect on the delivered biomass. The research also found that as the breeding season progresses, both prey item biomass and the proportion of earthworms in nestlings' diet decrease.
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
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Alexandra H. H. Nance, William F. F. Mitchell, Finella Dawlings, Carly N. N. Cook, Rohan H. H. Clarke
Summary: Island endemic birds are facing a high risk of extinction due to introduced predators and land-use change. A study conducted on Norfolk Island examined nest survival rates of five endemic songbirds and found that depredation was the primary driver of nest failure, with invasive rats being the most common predator. The study also highlighted the importance of invasive rodent control, habitat restoration, and increased connectivity for the management of these species.
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY
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Donna Marain
Summary: This study used nest cameras to observe the prey items provided by Red-shouldered Hawks to their nestlings in southern Florida. Reptiles and amphibians were the most frequently consumed prey classes. The nest located in the most urbanized area had the lowest diet breadth. All pairs successfully fledged their nestlings.
WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2023)
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Izabela Fedyn, Emilia Grzedzicka, Damian Wiehle, Lukasz Kajtoch
Summary: The territories of the nocturnal Ural Owl and diurnal Northern Goshawk showed spatial association in fragmented forests but not in extensive forests. While most habitat parameters did not significantly influence the presence of territories for either species, there were specific effects such as positive association of Northern Goshawks with old-growth patches in fragmented forests and significant impact of wood type for Ural Owls in extensive forests. Overall, the two species were spatially associated in fragmented forests, suggesting a positive interspecific relationship.
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Ecology
Olli J. Loukola, Peter Adamik, Frank Adriaensen, Emilio Barba, Blandine Doligez, Einar Flensted-Jensen, Tapio Eeva, Sami M. Kivela, Toni Laaksonen, Chiara Morosinotto, Raivo Mand, Petri T. Niemelae, Vladimir Remes, Jelmer M. Samplonius, Manrico Sebastiano, Juan Carlos Senar, Tore Slagsvold, Alberto Sorace, Barbara Tschirren, Janos Torok, Jukka T. Forsman
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Ana Claudia Norte, Gabriele Margos, Noemie S. Becker, Jaime Albino Ramos, Maria Sofia Nuncio, Volker Fingerle, Pedro Miguel Araujo, Peter Adamik, Haralambos Alivizatos, Emilio Barba, Rafael Barrientos, Laure Cauchard, Tibor Csorgo, Anastasia Diakou, Niels J. Dingemanse, Blandine Doligez, Anna Dubiec, Tapio Eeva, Barbara Flaisz, Tomas Grim, Michaela Hau, Dieter Heylen, Sandor Hornok, Savas Kazantzidis, David Kovats, Frantisek Krause, Ivan Literak, Raivo Mand, Lucia Mentesana, Jennifer Morinay, Marko Mutanen, Julio Manuel Neto, Marketa Novakova, Juan Jose Sanz, Luis Pascoal da Silva, Hein Sprong, Ina-Sabrina Tirri, Janos Torok, Tomi Trilar, Zdenek Tyller, Marcel E. Visser, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho
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Ornithology
Francesco Ceresa, Eduardo J. Belda, Mattia Brambilla, Jaime Gomez, Carlos Mompo, Juan S. Monros
ARDEOLA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2020)
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Ornithology
Jorge Crespo, Iris Solis, Emilio Barba
Summary: The study provides quantitative data on non-game birds admitted with gunshot injuries to wildlife rehabilitation centres in the Valencian Community over a 25-year period. Raptors were the most affected group, and illegal hunting occurred throughout the year, peaking during the official hunting season.
ARDEOLA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Antica Culina, Frank Adriaensen, Liam D. Bailey, Malcolm D. Burgess, Anne Charmantier, Ella F. Cole, Tapio Eeva, Erik Matthysen, Chloe R. Nater, Ben C. Sheldon, Bernt-Erik Saether, Stefan J. G. Vriend, Zuzana Zajkova, Peter Adamik, Lucy M. Aplin, Elena Angulo, Alexandr Artemyev, Emilio Barba, Sanja Barisic, Eduardo Belda, Cemal Can Bilgin, Josefa Bleu, Christiaan Both, Sandra Bouwhuis, Claire J. Branston, Juli Broggi, Terry Burke, Andrey Bushuev, Carlos Camacho, Daniela Campobello, David Canal, Alejandro Cantarero, Samuel P. Caro, Maxime Cauchoix, Alexis Chaine, Mariusz Cichon, Davor Cikovic, Camillo A. Cusimano, Caroline Deimel, Andre A. Dhondt, Niels J. Dingemanse, Blandine Doligez, Davide M. Dominoni, Claire Doutrelant, Szymon M. Drobniak, Anna Dubiec, Marcel Eens, Kjell Einar Erikstad, Silvia Espin, Damien R. Farine, Jordi Figuerola, Pinar Kavak Gulbeyaz, Arnaud Gregoire, Ian R. Hartley, Michaela Hau, Gergely Hegyi, Sabine Hille, Camilla A. Hinde, Benedikt Holtmann, Tatyana Ilyina, Caroline Isaksson, Arne Iserbyt, Elena Ivankina, Wojciech Kania, Bart Kempenaers, Anvar Kerimov, Jan Komdeur, Peter Korsten, Miroslav Kral, Milos Krist, Marcel Lambrechts, Carlos E. Lara, Agu Leivits, Andras Liker, Jaanis Lodjak, Marko Magi, Mark C. Mainwaring, Raivo Mand, Bruno Massa, Sylvie Massemin, Jesus Martinez-Padilla, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, Adele Mennerat, Juan Moreno, Alexia Mouchet, Shinichi Nakagawa, Jan-Ake Nilsson, Johan F. Nilsson, Ana Claudia Norte, Kees van Oers, Markku Orell, Jaime Potti, John L. Quinn, Denis Reale, Tone Kristin Reiertsen, Balazs Rosivall, Andrew F. Russell, Seppo Rytkonen, Pablo Sanchez-Virosta, Eduardo S. A. Santos, Julia Schroeder, Juan Carlos Senar, Gabor Seress, Tore Slagsvold, Marta Szulkin, Celine Teplitsky, Vallo Tilgar, Andrey Tolstoguzov, Janos Torok, Mihai Valcu, Emma Vatka, Simon Verhulst, Hannah Watson, Teru Yuta, Jose M. Zamora-Marin, Marcel E. Visser
Summary: The lack of standards and networking programmes significantly hinders the integration and synthesis of data in various scientific fields. Long-term studies of individually marked animals play a crucial role in understanding evolutionary and ecological processes in the wild. The SPI-Birds Network and Database have been established to address data integration issues and enable a new scale of ecological and evolutionary research based on long-term studies of birds.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Ornithology
David Diez-Mendez, Juan Jose Sanz, Emilio Barba
Summary: The study found that increasing ambient temperatures during the egg-laying period advanced diurnal partial incubation in passerines. Additionally, females lengthened nocturnal partial incubation and delayed the onset of other incubation behaviors when laying larger clutches.
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Ornithology
David Diez-Mendez, Caren B. Cooper, Juan Jose Sanz, Jose Verdejo, Emilio Barba
Summary: Female birds adjusting their incubation effort and self-maintenance time in response to ambient temperature changes, with different populations showing potential variations in incubation behavior. Further research is needed to understand the factors behind the transitions between these behaviors.
JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
I Solis, J. J. Sanz, L. Imba, E. Alvarez, E. Barba
Summary: Global warming may lead to a higher incidence of moult-breeding overlap in great tits in two Spanish populations, potentially due to increased second clutch frequency and a lengthening of the breeding season. The study found that the proportion of individuals overlapping moult and breeding increased in one population, with factors such as sex and age influencing the probability of overlap in late-breeding individuals.
ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liam D. Bailey, Martijn van de Pol, Frank Adriaensen, Aneta Arct, Emilio Barba, Paul E. Bellamy, Suzanne Bonamour, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Malcolm D. Burgess, Anne Charmantier, Camillo Cusimano, Blandine Doligez, Szymon M. Drobniak, Anna Dubiec, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Peter N. Ferns, Anne E. Goodenough, Ian R. Hartley, Shelley A. Hinsley, Elena Ivankina, Rimvydas Juskaitis, Bart Kempenaers, Anvar B. Kerimov, Claire Lavigne, Agu Leivits, Mark C. Mainwaring, Erik Matthysen, Jan-Ake Nilsson, Markku Orell, Seppo Rytkonen, Juan Carlos Senar, Ben C. Sheldon, Alberto Sorace, Martyn J. Stenning, Janos Torok, Kees van Oers, Emma Vatka, Stefan J. G. Vriend, Marcel E. Visser
Summary: The study reveals significant intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature among populations of two songbird species. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats demonstrate greater phenological sensitivity compared to those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity have experienced slower climate change over the past decades.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sara Abalo-Morla, Eduardo J. Belda, Jesus Tomas, Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo, Adolfo Marco, Ohiana Revuelta
Summary: This study provides satellite-tracking data of 44 loggerhead sea turtles collected between 2016 and 2018, including post-hatchlings, nesting females, and juvenile and adult turtles. The data contribute to understanding the spatial use and dispersal of loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Ecology
Stefan J. G. Vriend, Vidar Grotan, Marlene Gamelon, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P. Ahola, Elena Alvarez, Liam D. Bailey, Emilio Barba, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Malcolm D. Burgess, Andrey Bushuev, Carlos Camacho, David Canal, Anne Charmantier, Ella F. Cole, Camillo Cusimano, Blandine F. Doligez, Szymon M. Drobniak, Anna Dubiec, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Kjell Einar Erikstad, Peter N. Ferns, Anne E. Goodenough, Ian R. Hartley, Shelley A. Hinsley, Elena Ivankina, Rimvydas Juskaitis, Bart Kempenaers, Anvar B. Kerimov, John Atle Kalas, Claire Lavigne, Agu Leivits, Mark C. Mainwaring, Jesus Martinez-Padilla, Erik Matthysen, Kees van Oers, Markku Orell, Rianne Pinxten, Tone Kristin Reiertsen, Seppo Rytkonen, Juan Carlos Senar, Ben C. Sheldon, Alberto Sorace, Janos Torok, Emma Vatka, Marcel E. Visser, Bernt-Erik Saether
Summary: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is important in ecology and evolution. This study examined the influence of local climatic variables on spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits among bird populations in Europe. The researchers found that temperature strongly affected spatial synchrony in laying date for blue tits and great tits but not for pied flycatchers. Understanding how environmental conditions influence trait values improves our understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sara Abalo-Morla, Eduardo J. Belda, David March, Ohiana Revuelta, Luis Cardona, Silvia Giralt, Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo, Sandra Hochscheid, Adolfo Marco, Manuel Merchan, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Yonat Swimmer, Jesus Tomas
Summary: There are 264 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the western Mediterranean Sea, with 25 of them prioritizing the protection of loggerhead sea turtles. However, it is uncertain whether these MPAs are actually utilized by the turtles. Satellite tracking data of 103 loggerhead turtles over a 15-year period were analyzed, and it was found that the turtles visited several MPAs but rarely used them. Most of the core areas and high-density areas of the turtles were not included within any MPAs. These findings suggest that the existing MPAs may not contribute enough to loggerhead turtle conservation.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fanny Girard, Alexandre Girard, Jonathan Monsinjon, Antonella Arcangeli, Eduardo Belda, Luis Cardona, Paolo Casale, Sidonie Catteau, Lea David, Florence Dell'Amico, Delphine Gambaiani, Marc Girondot, Imed Jribi, Giancarlo Lauriano, Paolo Luschi, David March, Antonios D. Mazaris, Claude Miaud, Andreas Palialexis, Jacques Sacchi, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Paola Tepsich, Jesus Tomas, Frederic Vandeperre, Francoise Claro
Summary: This study aims to provide indicators and assessment methods for European Union Member States to evaluate the status of marine turtle populations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. It highlights the importance of international collaboration for the conservation of vulnerable species.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biophysics
Iris Solis, Elena Alvarez, Emilio Barba
Summary: Global warming has various effects on the timing of breeding seasons for plants and animals. In this study, the researchers examined the breeding season of Great Tits in Sagunto, Spain, and found that higher March temperatures were associated with an earlier start of the breeding season. The length of the breeding season did not show a clear trend over the study period, but the distribution of clutches shifted towards the beginning of the season. The researchers also observed an increase in the proportion of pairs laying two clutches per year, which may be a result of these phenological changes. The impact of this increase in reproductive effort on fitness needs further investigation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Sara Abalo-Morla, Rafael Munoz-Mas, Jesus Tomas, Eduardo J. Belda
Summary: Nesting events of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are increasing in the Western Mediterranean Sea, far from their usual nesting areas. A study was conducted to understand the dispersal behavior and habitat use of loggerhead post-hatchlings from this new nesting area. Satellite-tracking data of 19 head-started loggerhead post-hatchlings released from the Spanish Mediterranean coast between 2016 and 2018 were analyzed. The turtles dispersed over large areas, swimming actively against sea currents. While the dispersal routes varied for each individual, they consistently dispersed southeastwards, especially during colder periods. Some post-hatchlings traveled through the Sicilian Channel to reach deep and warmer areas in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Conservation measures should focus on protecting these developmental areas.
