Declines in European bird populations are reported for decades but the direct effect of major
anthropogenic pressures on such declines remains unquantified. Causal relationships …

The global long‐term decline of migrant birds represents an important and challenging issue
for conservation scientists and practitioners. This review draws together recent research …

Although global assessments provide evidence of biodiversity decline, some have
questioned the strength of the evidence, with local assemblage studies often showing a …

Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most
flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution …

Natural sounds, and bird song in particular, play a key role in building and maintaining our
connection with nature, but widespread declines in bird populations mean that the acoustic …

Detecting biodiversity change and identifying its causes is challenging because biodiversity
is multifaceted and temporal data often contain bias. Here, we model temporal change in …

There have been recent renewed commitments to increase the extent of protected areas to
combat the growing biodiversity crisis but the underpinning evidence for their effectiveness …

This is the fourth comprehensive assessment of the population status of all wild bird species
in Europe. It identifies Species of European Conservation Concern (SPECs) so that action …

Fallow agricultural land provides habitat for threatened and declining farmland biodiversity.
Policy change under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been driving the area …

Urban bird species represent a subset of the regional species pool, consisting of species
that have been able to survive in, or colonise, urban areas. Urban birds are typically resident …