La pérdida y fragmentación del hábitat está considerada como una de las causas
principales de la actual crisis de biodiversidad. Los procesos responsables de esta pérdida …

One potential contributor to the worldwide decline of bird populations is the increasing
prevalence of roads, which have several negative effects on birds and other vertebrates. We …

Biodiversity is organised into complex ecological networks of interacting species in local
ecosystems, but our knowledge about the effects of habitat fragmentation on such systems …

Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical
experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with …

Satellite sensors are well suited to monitoring changes on the Earth's surface through
provision of consistent and repeatable measurements at a spatial scale appropriate for …

The Mediterranean area is one of the most significantly altered hotspots on Earth, since it
has been intensively affected by human activity for millennia. As a result, only 4.7% of its …

Despite the overriding importance of nest predation for most birds, our understanding of the
relationship between birds and their nest predators has been developed largely without …

Nest predation is an important factor in the ecology of passerines and can be a large source
of mortality for birds. I provide an overview of factors affecting nest predation of passerines in …

Over the past few decades, much research has focussed on the effects of habitat area (ie,
patch size) and edges in fragmented landscapes. We review and synthesize the literature on …

Abstract Abstract West Nile virus (WNV) has spread rapidly across North America, resulting
in human deaths and in the deaths of untold numbers of birds, mammals, and reptiles. The …